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Many amateur astronomers make their own instruments, either because of financial considerations or because they are just interested. Amateur Telescope Making offers a variety of designs for telescopes, mounts and drives which are suitable for the home-constructor. The designs range from simple to ad...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tonkin, Stephen F., 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Springer, [1999]
Series:Practical astronomy.
Subjects:
Telescopes > Design and construction > Amateur's manuals.
Telescopes > Design and construction.
Electronic books.
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Shoestring Telescopes: A 6" f/5 Telescope. Skinflint: a 15.5" f/6 Reflector. An 80mm RFT Refractor
  • Specialised Telescopes: Building a High-contrast Planetary Newtonian. A Collapsible Refractor. The Construction of a Buchroeder Quad-Shiefspiegler. A Wright Camera. A Ball-scope
  • the best portable telescope Mounts. A Cylindrical Bearing Equatorial Platform. A Computerised Dobsonian. Parallelogram Binocular Mount
  • Astrophotography: A Better Barn Door. 'Skypod'- a Simple Sky-tracker. Building and Using a Cookbook CCD Camera. A Telescope Controller for Synchronous Motors
  • Appendices.