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swayzeoptical.com

links

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Here are some of our favorite links. Swayze Optical, Inc. 7635 SE Deardorff Rd. Portland, OR 97236. Who is Steve Swayze? How to make a Spider. Mel Bartels Home Page. Mel is a genius, and a very good friend. He has written extensively on how to computerize your dobsonian telescope. He has a lot of information on a variety of subjects. And a large list of links. Amateur Telescope Makers Resource List. Everything you need to build your telescope can be found here. Excellent resource.

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Photon Shot Noise: June 2012

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Globular Star Cluster M3. Harbinger of Summer - that's how I always think of the globular star cluster M3. A little less than a hundred years ago, Harlow Shapley measured the distances to the globular clusters,. Globular star cluster M3. 8-1/3 hours total exposure time. Evenly split between unbinned R, G, and B, shot in 4-minute subexposures. Click the image for larger version, or click here for full size. To my amazement, Bruce Jensen set up an 18" Starmaster dobsonian. M3 is o...

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Lockwood Custom Optics - Notable Projects

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Lockwood Custom Optics - Projects. Lockwood Custom Optics (LCO) has been involved in some very interesting projects, including professional research telescopes, large amateur telescopes for imaging and visual use, and other one-of-a-kind instruments for science and industry. This page summarizes many (but not all) of these projects, and shows a photo when available. Projects are ordered from the largest to the smallest aperture. This telescope isbeing used for exoplanet research by the University of Tasm...

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Lockwood Custom Optics - Mirror Support

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A modern guide to mirror support. The best ways that I have found to properly support primary and secondary mirrors with maximum stability and a minimum of other issues. Have you ever wondered if your mirror cell is supporting your mirror as well as it could be? To say it another way, if you see major distortion of star images at low power, and know that your collimation and eyes are not the culprit, then there is a good chance that you have a mirror support issue. Books have been published in the past, ...

shoalsastronomyclub.blogspot.com

SHOAL'S ASTRONOMY CLUB

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007. The following is from an astronomy.com forum. It concerns Celestron vs. Meade telescopes. It is a little jumbled. but it contains the opinions. Of various users of these types of scopes. I thought this important since some of us don't have. Scopes yet.or are looking to upgrade. I'm trying to compare similar models and the Meades always are way more expensive and, in some instances, seem to have less to offer (Celestron usually has a larger aperture than the Meade "equivalent")&...

ravenskyobservatory.org

Telescopes

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The smaller scope shown below is an 18" Starmaster with an f/4.3. John Dobson's autograph on the upper ring! This is my beautiful new 30". With an f/3.3.

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Photon Shot Noise: Globular Star Cluster M3

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Globular Star Cluster M3. Harbinger of Summer - that's how I always think of the globular star cluster M3. A little less than a hundred years ago, Harlow Shapley measured the distances to the globular clusters,. Globular star cluster M3. 8-1/3 hours total exposure time. Evenly split between unbinned R, G, and B, shot in 4-minute subexposures. Click the image for larger version, or click here for full size. To my amazement, Bruce Jensen set up an 18" Starmaster dobsonian. M3 is o...

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Telescope Makers | Sirius Lookers

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Astro Sky Truss Dobsonian. Steward Observatory Mirror Labs. 18 to 8.4 meter mirrors. Latest GOES Solar X-ray Image. Theme Created by Digital Raindrops. Proudly powered by WordPress.

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Astronomy DJ: Big Telescopes

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Discover The Universe From Your Own Backyard. 65279;. Lord Rosse's 72 inch "Leviathan" at Birr Castle in Ireland. 65279;  Sooner or later you are going to want a big telescope. It's just a matter of time, if you stay with astronomy long enough. The questions you need to answer before. You buy are: When should I buy, how much should I spend, and, what type and size of telescope is going to suit my particular needs? How Much Should You Spend? 65279; Obviously, this can only be answered by yo...

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Astronomy DJ: Your 1st Telescope

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Discover The Universe From Your Own Backyard. Author: Nasa image source. Buying Your First Telescope. Buying a telescope is. Rocket science. That doesn't mean you should buy a telescope at that science store in the mall, though. (By the way, binoculars are a great option also, so see my page on choosing binoculars. You spend any of your hard earned money.). Four Rules to Remember. 1 When it comes to telescopes, you don't get what you don't pay for, but you can still shell out big bucks for garbage. On th...