Amateur telescope making is the activity of building telescopes as a hobby, as opposed to being a paid professional. Amateur telescope makers (sometimes...
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Amateur Telescope Making (ATM) is a series of three books edited by Albert G. Ingalls between 1926 and 1953 while he was an associate editor at Scientific...
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the unaided eye, binoculars, or telescopes. Even though scientific research may not be their primary goal, some amateur astronomers make contributions...
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exploration; events in the amateur astronomy community; reviews of astronomical equipment, books, and computer software; amateur telescope making; and astrophotography...
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features found in other amateur telescopes such as equatorial tracking. Dobsonians are popular in the amateur telescope making community, where the design...
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Albert Graham Ingalls (category Amateur astronomers)
three-volume series Amateur Telescope Making, Ingalls exerted a great influence on amateur astronomy and amateur telescope making in the United States. Ingalls...
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telescope's simple design has made it very popular with amateur telescope makers. A Newtonian telescope is composed of a primary mirror or objective, usually...
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was an American amateur astronomer and is best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope. He was also known...
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Russell W. Porter (category Amateur astronomers)
sometimes referred to as the "founder" or one of the "founders" of amateur telescope making." Russell W. Porter, the youngest of five children, was born in...
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Barlow lens (section Telescope use)
C. R. (1953). "The Barlow Lens". In Ingalls, Albert G. (ed.). Amateur Telescope Making, Book Three. Scientific American. pp. 277–286. Sidney F. Ray, Scientific...
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in the books Amateur Telescope Making. The articles and the books are credited with helping to expand the hobby of amateur telescope making. In April 1952...
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Mirror support cell (redirect from Telescope mirror cell)
design programs. There remains a good deal of discussion in the amateur telescope making community over the use of glue and the addition of simple astatic...
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Robert E. Cox (category Amateur astronomers)
popularizer of amateur telescope making. He conducted the popular "Gleanings for ATMs" (Amateur Telescope Makers) column in Sky and Telescope magazine for...
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used in networking ATM adaptation layer ATM Adaptation Layer 5 Amateur Telescope Making (books), a series of books by Albert Graham Ingalls "ATM" (song)...
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Astrophotography Amateur telescope making Bahtinov mask Binoculars Carey mask Chinese Future Giant Telescope Depth of field Dipleidoscope GOTO (telescope array)...
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Schmidt camera (redirect from Schmidt telescope)
Lens". In Ingalls, Albert G. (ed.). Amateur Telescope Making Advanced. Scientific American. pp. 401–409. "Telescope Optics – Schmidt". Archived from the...
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innovative well known developer for high end amateur astronomy components in the field of amateur telescope making (ATM). Having worked in his professional...
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Foucault knife-edge test (category Telescopes)
curved mirrors. It is commonly used by amateur telescope makers for figuring primary mirrors in reflecting telescopes. It uses a relatively simple, inexpensive...
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Reflecting telescopes became extraordinarily popular for astronomy and many famous telescopes, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, and popular amateur models...
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English, R. E. (1953). "Optical Flats". In Ingalls, Albert G. (ed.). Amateur Telescope Making, Book Three. Scientific American. pp. 156–162. Mark Irvin, Engis...
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actor, writer, producer John M. Pierce, writer on and promoter of amateur telescope making J. Andre Smith, artist and architect; founder of the Research Studio...
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provided much of the economic engine. Springfield Telescope Makers, the oldest amateur telescope making club in the United States, has been based in Springfield...
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Equatorial platform (category Optical telescope components)
Physics , page 119 Stephen F. Tonkin, Amateur telescope making - page 129 Tonkin, S. (1999). Amateur Telescope Making. Springer London. p. 130. ISBN 9781852330002...
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PLate OPtimizer (category Telescopes)
program used by amateur telescope makers to design primary mirror support cells for reflecting telescopes. It was developed by telescope maker David Lewis...
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The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation...
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all-spherical elements, thereby simplifying fabrication. Maksutov telescopes have been sold on the amateur market since the 1950s. Dmitri Maksutov may have been working...
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Ingalls (1888–1958), former editor of Scientific American and amateur telescope-making enthusiast Barbara Ingalls Shook (1938–2008), American philanthropist...
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Homebuilt machines (category Amateur radio)
making – The field of amateur telescope making is considered an offshoot of the amateur astronomy community. Amateur telescope makers (sometimes called...
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