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How to clean your optics. Remove dust and dirt from your telescope mirrors, lenses, and eyepieces.
ASTRONOMY Mar 1992 (v.20#3) pg. 81
Added Info ASTRONOMY Jun 1992 (v.20#6) pg. 6

Dimensions for constructing segments which form large cardboard paraboloids (up to 5 ft. in diameter) capable of picking up sound or light and focusing it with a focus ratio of f/.25 or less.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Dec 1973 (v.229#6) pg. 127
Correction SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Nov 1974 (v.231#5) pg. 128

Making a telescope mirror by spinning a liquid. A concave, parabolic epoxy mirror is created by spinning a mixture of resin and hardener in a plastic food storage container using a phonograph turntable.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Feb 1994 (v.270#2) pg. 116

Experiments with vacuum-formed mirrors. One amateur describes his attempts to make telescope mirrors from a sheet of window glass with a vacuum behind it.
SKY & TELESCOPE May 1979 (v.57#5) pg. 491

A brief discussion of spherical -vs.- parabolic mirrors for telescopes.
SKY & TELESCOPE Oct 1983 (v.66#4) pg. 356

Problems in trying to cast glass disks for telescope mirrors.
SKY & TELESCOPE Oct 1995 (v.90#4) pg. 82

Caring for optics. Advice on cleaning lenses and mirrors found in telescopes, binoculars, cameras, etc.
SKY & TELESCOPE Jul 1997 (v.94#1) pg. 106

Sizing up the Newtonian secondary. Making sure your reflector's secondary mirror (diagonal) is the correct size is a straightforward task.
SKY & TELESCOPE Aug 2000 (v.100#2) pg. 120, 123

Downsizing Newtonian secondary mirrors. Improve image contrast by reducing the size of your reflector's diagonal mirror with an easy-to-build relay-lens assembly.
SKY & TELESCOPE Oct 2001 (v.102#4) pg. 122

Modifications to the diffraction image caused by surface roughness in telescope mirrors. Includes a "fractal mirror modeling" computer program written in BASIC.
TELESCOPE MAKING #28 Fall 1986 pg. 24

The comparative costs of telescope mirrors. A study of aperture versus cost among commercial optics from 6" to 14.5" (diameter) in order to determine the best value (lowest cost) per square inch.
TELESCOPE MAKING #36 Spring 1989 pg. 4

Discussion of glass sagging (and the resulting change in shape) as it applies to thin telescope mirrors.
TELESCOPE MAKING #44 Spring 1991 pg. 5
Added Info TELESCOPE MAKING #45 Summer 1991 pg. 4

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