Making Your Own Telescope - Brossura

Thompson, Allyn J.

 
9780486428833: Making Your Own Telescope
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0486428834 ISBN 13: 9780486428833
Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2003

Sinossi

A book that has been used with great success by countless amateur astronomers, this volume presents complete and detailed instructions and numerous diagrams showing how to construct a do-it-yourself telescope. No complicated mathematics are involved, and no prior knowledge of optics or astronomy is needed to follow the text's step-by-step directions, which also offer instruction in the fundamentals of practical optics.Contents: 1. Story of the Telescope. 2. Materials and Equipment. 3. Mirror Grinding. 4. The Pitch Lap. 5. Polishing-Testing-Correcting. 6. The Paraboloid. 7. The Diagonal. 8. Tube Parts-Alignment-The Finder. 9. Eyepieces and Related Problems. 10. The Mounting. 11. Aluminizing and Cleaning. 12. Setting Circles-Equatorial Adjustment. 13. Optical Principles-Atmosphere-Magnitudes. 14. A Second Telescope. Appendixes. Index.

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Product Description

Complete, detailed instructions and numerous diagrams for constructing a do-it-yourself telescope. No complicated mathematics are involved, and no prior knowledge of optics or astronomy is needed to follow the text's step-by-step directions. Contents cover, among other topics, materials and equipment; tube parts and alignment; eyepieces, and related problems; setting circles; and optical principles. 6 plates. 100 figures.

Contenuti

1. Story of the Telescope 2. Materials and Equipment 3. Mirror Grinding 4. The Pitch Lap 5. Polishing-Testing-Correcting 6. The Paraboloid 7. The Diagonal 8. Tube Parts-Alignment-The Finder 9. Eyepieces and Related Problems 10. The Mounting 11. Aluminizing and Cleaning 12. Setting Circles-Equatorial Adjustment 13. Optical Principles-Atmosphere-Magnitudes 14. A Second Telescope Appendixes. Index.

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Editore
Dover Pubns
Data di pubblicazione
2003
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0486428834
ISBN 13 
9780486428833
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
211
Contatto del produttore
Dover
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9780933346123: Making Your Own Telescope

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0933346123 ISBN 13:  9780933346123
Casa editrice: Sky Pub Corp, 1973
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