Logo

Amateur Telescope Making

Small book cover: Amateur Telescope Making

Amateur Telescope Making

Publisher: Springfield Telescope Makers Inc
Number of pages: 428

Description:
There are almost as many ways to make mirrors and telescopes as there are telescope makers. On these pages, however, we have tried to stick with simple and proven techniques that are most appropriate for novice mirror and telescope makers, and are generally what we teach beginners at the Stellafane Mirror Class.

Home page url

Download or read it online for free here:
Read online
(online html)

Similar books

Book cover: Telescopic Work for Starlight EveningsTelescopic Work for Starlight Evenings
by - Taylor and Francis
Intended as a contribution to popular astronomy, this book provides a varied introduction to telescopes and their usage. William F. Denning (1848-1931) was a British astronomer famous for his planetary observations and meteor studies.
(5800 views)
Book cover: Observing the Sky from 40NObserving the Sky from 40N
by - Wikibooks
This atlas contains a set of 24 maps regulated to the latitude of 40N, as well as information about some double and variable stars and almost 160 deep sky objects. 8 selected areas of the sky suitable for binoculars are displayed in separated maps.
(11253 views)
Book cover: The Practical AstronomerThe Practical Astronomer
by - Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley
The work is intended for the information of general readers, especially for those who have acquired a relish for astronomical pursuits, and who wish to become acquainted with the instruments by which celestial observations are made.
(7749 views)
Book cover: Curiosities of the SkyCuriosities of the Sky
by - Harper & Brothers
Some of the things described in this book are little known to the average reader, while others are well known; but all possess the fascination of whatever is strange, obscure, or mysterious magnified, by the portentous scale of the phenomena.
(14892 views)