Questions tagged [telescope-making]
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Can a material other than glass be used for making telescope mirrors?
Although I do know of a few instances where professional or observatory mirrors have been made by alternate materials, it was primarily for targeting specific nuances, like weight reduction and low ...
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Why is this telescope so short? How hard is it to make such a fast primary?
The recently discovered object C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) is in the news because it might have an eccentricity greater than one, which means it might be from outside the solar system, though not necessarily.
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What's the origin of Clyde Tombaugh's 9-inch Newtonian telescope?
Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh is shown in a now-famous photograph at the age of 24 with his "homemade" 9-inch Newtonian telescope in this image also shown in Elva R. O'Hara's Clyde W. Tombaugh: Farm Boy ...
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Custom telescope
I am currently trying to make a Keplerian telescope from "scratch" with plano-convex lenses bought online.
I have found my objective and eyepiece lenses. I'm just not sure if they will suffice to ...
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Has anyone ever tried to make a simple telescope using ice?
I grew up with long cold winters, and saw a lot of remarkably transparent ice formed by refreezing meltwater, both in puddles and ponds, and in large icicles. I'd always thought about making optical ...
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Need help in creating telescope
I have 100cm F.L objective and 10cm F.L eyepiece 10cm in diameter and double convex both.
what are the planetary objects I can see with telescope made with these lenses.
I also have a double convex ...
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How is it ensured that a parabolic shape forms while polishing a telescope mirror?
I understand polishing the mirror with a successively finer abrasive can create a curvature, but how is it possible to obtain a uniform curve that forms a parabola while polishing by hand?
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Need advice on mirror-making for a home-made amateur reflector [closed]
For example, what would be some good references to read first? What sort of glass slab should I use? What size; diameter and thickness. Im a first-time builder trying to build one
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How to make a telescope for viewing planets, moon and DSOs using a convex lens of aperture 100 mm and focal length 200 mm and other lenses at home?
I wanted to make a telescope with DIY things lying around in home. I read up that the aperture was a very important aspect and thus bought a convex lens with 100mm aperture and 200mm focal length, to ...
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Equation to find distance between objective and eyepiece
I have a home made astronomical telescope with 100 cm objective lens and 5 cm eyepiece.when viewing an object in infinity the distance between eyepiece and objective is 105 cm. So how could I ...
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Astronomical telescope making
I am thinking about making a telescope. I have a 100cm focal length lens which I can use as objective lens in my telescope. So which is the best focal length I can use as eyepiece in my astronomical ...
