Making Your Own Telescope (Dover Books On Astronomy),New

Making Your Own Telescope (Dover Books On Astronomy),New

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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 Doityourself Telescope. No Complicated Mathematics Are Involved, And No Prior Knowledge Of Optics Or Astronomy Is Needed To Follow The Text'S Stepbystep 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. Polishingtestingcorrecting. 6. The Paraboloid. 7. The Diagonal. 8. Tube Partsalignmentthe Finder. 9. Eyepieces And Related Problems. 10. The Mounting. 11. Aluminizing And Cleaning. 12. Setting Circlesequatorial Adjustment. 13. Optical Principlesatmospheremagnitudes. 14. A Second Telescope. Appendixes. Index.

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