Astronomy with Small Telescopes: Up to 5-inch, 125 mm
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"Astronomy with Small Telescopes offers the amateur astronomer practical ‘how-to’ advice. Specifically, this book shows the amateur how to get the most performance out of a small telescope. … The chapter entitled ‘Visual Observation of Deep-sky Objects with Small Telescopes’ includes information that would be helpful to the novice amateur. … some readers will appreciate the convenience of having all of this information in one well written and easy to read book. Astronomy with Small Telescopes is recommended for public and school libraries." (Travis Dolence, E-STREAMS, Vol. 5 (10), 2002)
"As a regular user of small telescopes to explore the night sky, I was keen to discover if Stephen Tonkin’s book would encourage the newcomer to astronomy and provide useful information for the more experienced observer. I am delighted to say that it succeeds admirably in both respects. … This is a well-produced, informative book which goes a long way to dispel the notion that you need an expensive, large-aperture telescope to enjoy or contribute to the world of astronomy." (Mike Ropelewski, The Deep Sky Observer Magazine, Issue 126, 2001)
"This latest book summarizes the experiences of several authors who have used telescopes ranging from a simple 60 mm aperture refractor on an altazimuth mount, through to the workings of the fork-mounted ETX telescope and the portable C5. … the advice given in this book will certainly help to improve the performances of almost any instrument. … the individual chapters made very interesting reading … . I would warmly recommend this book to anyone thinking of buying a portable telescope for work or for pleasure." (Neil English, Astronomy Now, April, 2002)
"This is a book concerned primarily with astronomical hardware. Each chapter is written by one of eight contributors, all users of small telescopes. … Kevin P. Daly’s account of his Celestron 114-mm reflector and favourite objects to observe is a pleasure to read, containing much that will be of interest to the newcomer. … this chapter should inspire even the most house-bound armchair astronomer to spend a night under the stars with the telescope." (Nigel Bannister, The Observatory, Vol. 121 (1165), 2001)
"The book is part of ‘Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series’. It discusses the use of telescopes up to 5-inch aperture (125mm) and thus includes a number of modern popular instruments. … I found the chapter on the ETX telescopes very useful … . Apart from the equipment itself, the book contains suggested projects including deep sky and a chapter on ‘meteor observing with a small radio telescope’. A useful and very practical book for the amateur astronomer starting with a first scope." (The Astronomer, Vol. 38 (446), 2001)
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This book is a collection of essays on experiences using small telescopes for observing the heavens. The discussions range from 60mm refractors thru 5 in. “go to” scopes, including a home made 4 in. Newtownian. There is also a short essay on radio astronomy which seems out of place in this text. This book would have been served by better organization. Some of the essays have good insights on observing with these small telescopes, but it pays to look through all the essays, even for those not dealing with the specific telescope one owns or is interested in. This book was published with beginners in mind, but the organization of the book may leave a beginner confused. This is a bit below the average of books in the “Practical Astronomy” series, but a good starting point for owners of telescopes 5 in. in diameter and smaller. The “Radio Telescope” essay, though out of place in this text, gives an insight into non-visual astronomy open to the amatuer astronomer.
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Robin McKie is disappointed by a collection of essays published to mark 350 years of the Royal Society On a damp weeknight in late November in 1660, a dozen men gathered in rooms at Gresham College in London to listen to a lecture, on astronomy, by a 28-year-old whizz kid called Christopher Wren. The talk clearly went well, for the group decided to formalise future meetings and to continue to pursue common interests – in experiments, in natural philosophy and in the gathering of “useful knowledge”. Thus the Royal Society – “the most venerable learned society in the world and its finest club,” according to Bryson – was born, mainly out of the desire of a few affluent dilettantes to hobnob with one another. The idea of the society met with the approval of Charles II, who granted it a royal charter, though the society might still have ended in obscurity had not its first members insisted on some strikingly rigorous and far-sighted rules. They made English, not Latin, their primary…
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Several points:
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–Try an internet search on "rc model airplanes" for tons of information.
–Your requirement will sound suspicious to some people. 10 KG is a very large load for a model airplane, and it will take something much larger than what you are thinking about. Security agencies will be curious to know of what substance you want to carry 10 Kg. Drugs? Contraband? Explosives? Anthrax bacteria?
Sounds pretty suspicious to us. Make sure you are on the up-and-up, and always be sure to be completely open about what you are doing. If your intentions are criminal, then bad things happen to you.
If not, then have fun.
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This is obviously a question you've copied out of a text book. Unless I had the exact text book in front of me, I have no idea of what these "6 types" of telescopes might be, as no two astronomers would agree on what these "6 types" might be, since there are dozens of different types of telescopes. I'm sure the answer is in your text book too, but you're too lazy to look for it. How about doing a little reading and thinking for a change?
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Painting "done." Now for the client's OK to see if there are additional changes. Can dogs use telescopes? They can in my painting….
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Melanie, tell me how well its working without anyone at the helm the next time you get hit with a half-dozen ‘Oops! There was a problem…’ messages.
“The moon missions were based on Newtonian science. The Hubble has revealed to the eye a cosmos that is far more poetic, mysterious, and fluid.”
Always useful to shift our perspective.
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(PhysOrg.com) — The Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is set to launch from Florida no earlier than 10:30 a.m. EST on Feb. 9, on an unprecedented mission to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. Onboard telescopes will scrutinize sunspots and solar flares using more pixels and colors than any other observatory in the history of solar physics. And SDO will reveal the sun`s hidden secrets in a prodigious rush of pictures.
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I used to have two grooming clients. One a great Dane (who has passed away) the other a Papillon (still with me). The Dane used to sit and whimper at the Papillon sitting in his second story drying cage. One day the owner of the Papillon asked if it would be OK to put her little dog down near the Dane for a picture. She did and the Dane was so thrilled he immediately dropped into the play posture, inviting the little guy to play.
I have had several Danes over the years at the groom shop and have only ever seen the gentle side of these giants. A well socialized dog seem to always know what is appropriate to the size of the smaller babies.
Just make sure that you introduce your Dane to the new baby outside of the home and then take them both back home together. Never just drop a new dog of any size into a home where an existing pet has residence.
Phoenicians cooking on sand discovered glass around 3500 BCE, but it took about 5,000 years more for glass to be shaped into a lens for the first telescope. A spectacle maker probably assembled the first telescope. Hans Lippershey (c1570-c1619) of Holland is often credited with the invention, but he almost certainly was not the first to make one. Lippershey was, however, the first to make the new device widely known.
The telescope was introduced to astronomy in 1609 by the great Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, who became the first man to see the craters of the moon, and who went on to discover sunspots, the four large moons of Jupiter, and the rings of Saturn. Galileo's telescope was similar to a pair of opera glasses in that it used an arrangement of glass lenses to magnify objects. This arrangement provided limited magnification–up to 30 times for Galileo–and a narrow field of view; Galileo could see no more than a quarter of the moon's face without repositioning his telescope.
In 1704, Sir Issac Newton announced a new concept in telescope design whereby instead of glass lenses, a curved mirror was used to gather in light and reflect it back to a point of focus. This reflecting mirror acts like a light-collecting bucket: the bigger the bucket, the more light it can collect. The reflector telescope that Newton designed opened the door to magnifying objects millions of times–far beyond what could ever be obtained with a lens.
Newton's fundamental principle of using a single curved mirror to gather in light remained the same. The major change that took place was the growth in the size of the reflecting mirror, from the 6-inch mirror used by Newton to the 6-meter (236 inches in diameter) mirror of the Special Astrophysical Observatory in Russia, which opened in 1974.
The idea of a segmented mirror dated back to the 19th century, but experiments with it had been few and small, and many astronomers doubted its viability. It remained for the Keck Telescope to push the technology forward and bring into reality this innovative design.
A binocular is a optical instrument for providing a magnified view of distant objects, consisting of two similar telescopes, one for each eye, mounted on a single frame. The first binocular telescope was invented by J. P. Lemiere in 1825.
Astronomy is probably the oldest of the natural sciences, dating back to antiquity, with its origins in the religious practices of pre-history: vestiges of these are still found in astrology, a discipline long interwoven with astronomy, and not completely different from it until about 1750‑1800 in the Western World. Early astronomy involved observing the regular patterns of the motions of visible celestial objects, especially the Sun, Moon, stars and naked eye planets. An example of this early astronomy might involve a study of the changing position of the Sun along the horizon or the changing appearances of stars in the course of the year, which could be used to establish an agricultural or ritual calendar. In some cultures astronomical data was used for astrological prognostication.
Ancient astronomers were able to differentiate between stars and planets, as stars remain relatively fixed over the centuries while planets will move an appreciable amount during a comparatively short time.
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For decades astronomers have used the Astronomical Magnitude Scale to measure the brightness of stars. But what if they’re measuring with an inaccurate ruler? And how could that screw up the quest to understand dark energy? The Astronomical Magnitude Scale (see bottom of post) is a logarithmic scale used to measure the brightness of stars as seen from earth. The sun, our nearest star, is set at a value of roughly -27, but humans anywhere on earth can comfortably see all the way down to a value of zero. For values of +1 to +7, an observer would have to be in the country, away from light pollution. Trying to see anything brighter than +7 would mean breaking out the telescopes. Scientists measure the brightness of astronomical objects by comparing the object’s brightness to the brightness of reference stars. Vega and Sirius are popular references, since they have defined and well-known magnitudes. Or do they? Despite the many advances in the practice, focus, and breadth of knowledge of…
From space: one of my telescopes picks up a man shoveling with a Caps pocket schedule, I have a hunch it's – conformation
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It depends on how much power you use with your eyepieces. The width of aperture doesn't affect how much magnification you get. The magnification depends on the focal length.
The Celestron has 1200mm focal length. Put a 25mm eyepiece in and you get 48X. (1200 / 25)
The Meade has 1000mm focal length. Put a 25mm eyepiece in and you get 40X. (1000 / 25)
Likewise, put a 10mm eyepiece in and it's 120X (Celestron) vs 100X (Meade).
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Riverrat is quite correct pick your largest wall and use mirror tiles, make sure to get the bevelled edge ones as they reduce the risk of cutting yourself on the edges. Then paint the whole place white, with trim colour of your choice, the rooms will have a nice and spacious appearance. The darker the colour you use the smaller the room will appear, plus using white has the added benefit that any colour furnishings will go with it.
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Astronomy: View from the Ground (source: Sciencemag.org): Over the past few years, space telescopes have enabled scient
What is the price on that 13″ and 25″ telescope?
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scientist are funny….so much everything…. stars galaxies, planets …..just made by itself…..are they saying everything is infinitive….and with so much hydrogen and helium and oxygen there is no single one planet of billions where even primitive life form exist….hahah……than calculate the chance that mind like human exist anywhere in the space….God bless you all scientist.
Let x inch be the length of 1.5 inch piece of paper.
So total covered area would be 1000*1.5*x sq inch
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20 light years close?! DUDE… you have no idea how far that is… it would take use more than 20,000 years to get their using any other form of energy besides the speed of light. Thats longer than Anatomically modern homo sapien sapiens (us) have been around for. I don’t know what generation you’re referring to, but dude… that distance is astronomical. The only star I can see us visiting in the next generation is Alpha Centauri B. Which is around 4.4 LY. And even that is freaking FAR!!
In the meantime there has to be some telescopes around here! I didn't end up going out tonight. Ballet got out late and I'm old.
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They are less expensive that actually sending astronauts.
They can detect elements that light telescopes can't.
Radio waves indicate a lot of tel-tale things that may indicate the possibility of life on those other heavenly bodies.
Disadvantages:
We can't be sure until we get there…or it gets here.
It's a tricky and sometimes high-maintinance thing to keep these telescopes and/or probes up there doing there thing.
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