Synopses & Reviews
Complete, detailed instructions and numerous diagrams for constructing a do-it-yourself telescope. No complicated mathematics are involved, and no prior knowledge of optics or astronomy is needed to follow the text's step-by-step directions. Contents cover, among other topics, materials and equipment; tube parts and alignment; eyepieces, and related problems; setting circles; and optical principles. 6 plates. 100 figures.
Synopsis
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 do-it-yourself telescope. No complicated mathematics are involved, and no prior knowledge of optics or astronomy is needed to follow the text's step-by-step directions, which also offer instruction in the fundamentals of practical optics.
Table of Contents
1. Story of the Telescope
2. Materials and Equipment
3. Mirror Grinding
4. The Pitch Lap
5. Polishing-Testing-Correcting
6. The Paraboloid
7. The Diagonal
8. Tube Parts-Alignment-The Finder
9. Eyepieces and Related Problems
10. The Mounting
11. Aluminizing and Cleaning
12. Setting Circles-Equatorial Adjustment
13. Optical Principles-Atmosphere-Magnitudes
14. A Second Telescope
Appendixes. Index.