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TELESCOPE sa ASTRONOMY sa BINOCULAR sa COMPOUND (CATADIOPTRIC) TELESCOPE sa DOBSONIAN TELESCOPE sa FINDER SCOPE sa MODEL & MINIATURE TELESCOPE sa NIGHT VISION SCOPE sa OBSERVATORY sa REFLECTING TELESCOPE sa REFRACTING TELESCOPE sa SOLAR TELESCOPE sa TELESCOPE ACCESSORIES sa TELESCOPE DEW CAP sa TELESCOPE DRIVE sa TELESCOPE EYEPIECE sa TELESCOPE FILTER sa TELESCOPE LENS sa TELESCOPE MIRROR sa TELESCOPE MOUNT sa TELESCOPE TESTING sa TELESCOPE TUBE sa TILTED-COMPONENT TELESCOPE xx ASTRONOMY xx OPTICS Equipment atlas. Cool your telescope before viewing. The problem and some tips. Equipment atlas. What do f/ratio, magnification, and exit pupil statistics really mean. Equipment atlas. How to buy a telescope for a child. Beginner's guide to telescope types. 11 styles illustrated and described. 1981 telescope buyer's guide. 1983 buyer's guide to astronomical telescopes. How to choose a deep-sky telescope. The 1985 guide to telescopes The 1986 ASTRONOMY magazine guide to telescopes. A buyer's guide to binoculars, telescopes, and accessories. Do your homework before you buy. Tips on selecting the right telescope for your needs. 1987 telescope buyers' guide. The "Computer Aided Telescope". Photos illustrate the installation of Advanced Technology Instruments' CAT accessory. How it works, tips on its use, and the implications of CAT systems for amateur astronomy. Ready, compute, aim. Computer-aided aiming of a Dobsonian telescope. Use a celestial object's coordinates, a pocket computer, a surveyor's compass and an inclinometer for pointing precisely at sky objects. Includes an equatorial-to-altazimuth conversion program for the Sharp 1250A and Radio Shack PC3 computer. Soup up the performance of your small telescope with high-quality eyepieces, a good finder scope, sturdy tripod, etc. 1988 guide to telescopes. (1) Lure of a big scope. Is bigger always better? (2) Close-up look at eyepieces. (3) Buyer's guide to telescopes. 1989 guide to telescopes. Advice on determining your needs (and wants) when selecting a telescope. Charts of currently available refractors, catadioptrics, and reflectors. Accompanying articles survey twelve small refractors (60mm-80mm) and ten 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes. Ten tips for improving your telescope. 1991 guide to telescopes. How to buy your first telescope. Answers to thirty important questions about telescopes and a list of editors' choices in various price ranges. How to improve your telescope's image. Cure fuzzy images by learning how and where to set up your telescope. Dealing with tube currents, body heat, heat waves in the atmosphere, and currents high in the atmosphere. Telescope buyer's guide. T is for telescope. A guide for the first-time telescope buyer. Discover the winter sky using your 2" to 6" telescope. Includes tips for buying a holiday telescope. Sharpen your images. How to enhance the quality (resolution) of a telescope image. Astronomy 101. Diary of a neophyte astronomer. (1) Comets. (2) Cleaning telescope optics. (3) More glossary terms. Tips on selecting a telescope. Three toys to keep children busy on a car trip. Telescope, periscope, and checkerboard pillow. Build a richest-field telescope for less than $45. A guide to telescopes. A glossary of terms, a discussion of what you can expect to see with an amateur telescope, and a discussion of magnification power and telescope optics. Includes a chart comparing 22 modles. How to choose a telescope. A buyer's guide and tips on their use. Large telescope for home observatory. Constructing a simple portable telescope. Running a telescope with a microcomputer. How a 12.5" telescope equipped with a photomultiplier tube is controlled by an Apple II computer driving a KIM-1 computer which in turn controls the scope. Used to study eclipsing binaries. Simple graph shows the relationship between common telescope parameters (aperture, eyepiece focal length, field of view, focal ratio, exit pupil, and magnification). May be customized for any telescope system. Resolution criteria for diffraction-limited telescopes. An explanation of the Dawes, Sparrow, and Rayleigh resolution limits of a telescope. Backyard astronomy. Part 3. How to choose a telescope. Finding your telescope's magnitude limit. Backyard astronomy. Part 4. The art of using a telescope. Astronomical computing. Stepper-motor control of telescopes. Part 1. How to interface a stepper-motor to a microcomputer. Astronomical computing. Stepper-motor control of telescopes. Part 2. Description of an amateur's telescope imaging system consisting of a CCD (charge-coupled device) attached to a 5.7" telescope. Computers control telescope movement and do the image processing. Construction details are not included. A daytime test of telescope resolving power. Place a paper "target" 0.3 mile away and see how well the converging lines can be resolved. Caring for telescope or binocular optics. Cleaning (dust removal, washing small optics, washing large optics). Other hazards (dew, transporting, chipping, mechanical parts). The top ten telescope ideas of 1987. Setting circles from a dot-matrix printer. Circle-dividing program, written in BASIC, is used to generate paper strips (of various lengths) which are divided into 360 equal parts. Wrapped around a circular object, the can form a setting circle, degree scale, etc. The top 10 telescope ideas of 1988. New concept in computer-aided telescopes. Program for pointing a telescope is written in BASIC. It will work with any altazimuth or equatorial mounting equipped with setting circles. It does not require you to align the mounting. Your telescope's limiting magnitude. A look at the three parameters (aperture, magnification, and darkness) which have the biggest effect on the limiting magnitude. Includes a computer program, written in BASIC, which calculates the limits for any telescope. The top 10 telescope ideas of 1989. Choosing your telescope's magnification. A look at the impact of eyesight, telescope design, atmosphere, target, and sharpness on the choice of magnification. Rules of thumb for planetary scopes. Quantifying a telescope's performance for observing the planets. Part 1. Contrast performance and central obstructions. Rules of thumb for planetary scopes. Part 2. Color effects, scattering, Rayleigh's criterion, wave errors, and refractors vs. reflectors. Choosing a low-cost telescope (under $400). Backyard astronomy. Beating the seeing. How to reduce the effects of atmospheric turbulance which hamper the use of optical telescopes. Guide to buying the best telescope to satisfy your needs. Tips to ensure trouble-free slewing when using a computerized "go to" telescope. Included in an article reviewing five entry-level telescope models. Riverside 1979, a review of the 11th annual Riverside, California, telescope makers conference. The 1979 Stellafane meeting. A review. The cost of amateur telescopes. Examines objects that can be observed by amateur scopes, examines cost -vs- function, compares various scopes and developes criteria for amateur scopes. Optical ray-trace calculations for nine telescope systems compared. Contrast rendition and resolving power in telescopes used visually. Description of a microcomputer-controlled telescope mounting system for making unassisted photoelectric observations of variable stars. Titanium-tubed and computer-controlled. Schematics for interface circuits to control stepper motors using a Radio Shack Color Computer. The motors are used to control a 10" Newtonian telescope. | |||||||||
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