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    A Dobsonian telescope is an altazimuth-mounted Newtonian telescope design popularized by John Dobson in 1965 and credited with vastly increasing the size...
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    amateur astronomer and is best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope. He was also known for his efforts to promote...
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    ATMs" column in Sky & Telescope magazine for 21 years. John Dobson (1915–2014), whose name is associated with the Dobsonian telescope. Robert Owen Evans...
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  • Some telescopes are classified by the task they perform; for example Solar telescopes are all designs that look at the Sun, Dobsonian telescopes are designed...
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    com) David Kriege, Richard Berry, The Dobsonian Telescope: A Practical Manual for Building Large Aperture Telescopes, 1997, Willmann-Bell, ISBN 0-943396-55-7...
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    Equatorial platform (category Optical telescope components)
    buildings. They are often used with altazimuth mounted telescopes, such as the common Dobsonian telescope type, to overcome that type of mount's inability to...
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    refracting telescopes of the day. Dobsonian telescope - type of portable Newtonian telescope List of telescope types Schmidt–Newton telescope Catoptrics...
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    Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes are equipped with mirror locks to fix the primary mirror in place once focus has been achieved. Argunov–Cassegrain telescope Dobsonian telescope...
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    February 2022, he stated that he owned a 10-inch Dobsonian telescope, an 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, and a Unistellar eVscope. "Tim Russ Biography...
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  • Obsession Telescopes is an American optical telescope company that specializes in the production of Dobsonian telescopes. The company was founded in 1989...
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    about which the telescope transits. It is parallel to the horizontal axis defined by the tubular spirit bubble. In Dobsonian telescope designs, commonly...
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    called a "Sidewalk Telescope", more commonly referred to as the Dobsonian telescope. Amateur astronomy Citizen science Star party A Sidewalk Astronomer...
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  • to play the flute. Kamin spends much time outdoors and with his Dobsonian telescope studying nature. As years pass, he begins to notice that the drought...
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  • Diophantine – Diophantus (as in Diophantine equation) Dobsonian – John Dobson (as in Dobsonian telescope) Dominican – Saint Dominic (as in Dominican Order)...
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    used with altazimuth mounted amateur astronomical telescopes, such as the common Dobsonian telescope type, to overcome that type of mount's inability to...
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    Altazimuth mount (category Telescopes)
    Beginner telescopes: Altazimuth mounts are cheap and simple to use. Dobsonian telescopes: John Dobson popularized a simplified altazimuth mount design for...
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  • Dobo Airport, Indonesia (IATA code DOB) Dob, a cultivar of Karuka Dobsonian telescope, often referred to as a "Dob" Search for "dob" on Wikipedia. Dob-dob...
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    David; Richard Berry (June 1997). The Dobsonian Telescope, A Practical Manual for Building Large Aperture Telescopes. Willmann-Bell. pp. Chapter 5. ISBN 978-0-943396-55-2...
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  • assemblies or "OTA") a variety of mounts. Orion also sells a series of Dobsonian telescopes that come in "Classic" and "IntelliScope" versions, the latter with...
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    slightly textured laminate, makes the plain bearing system of a Dobsonian telescope. PTFE is widely used as a non-stick coating for food processing equipment;...
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  • Mississippi with 16+ telescopes, with the largest instruments including a 32-inch Dobsonian telescope and 14-inch Celestron catadioptric telescope. Rainwater is...
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  • "Dr. Erhard Hänssgen's 42 inch (107 cm) Dobsonian Telescope". www.cruxis.com. "Kleť Observatory Telescopes". Kleť Observatory. 1 January 2017. Retrieved...
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  • size from 90 mm to 125 mm. Schmidt-Newtonian telescopes (6 to 10 inches). LightBridge Dobsonian telescopes (currently 8, 10, 12 and a 16-inch model) Meade...
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  • Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, a pipe organ manufacturer based in Iowa Dobsonian telescope invented by amateur astronomer John Lowry Dobson Dobson unit, a unit...
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  • John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (d. 2014) 1916 – Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright...
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    dome atop a concrete block building. Until 2020 it housed a 16″ ƒ/7 Dobsonian telescope, fitted with Argo Navis and ServoCAT. Then a combination of storm...
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    cassegrain telescope, a 14" and 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, a Lunt 60mm Solar telescope, an 8" Dobsonian telescope, and two 12" Dobsonian telescopes. The...
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    Sky-Watcher (category Telescope manufacturers)
    began producing Dobsonian telescopes in 2000, followed by Maksutov–Cassegrains in 2001, and Apochromat ED-APO refracting telescopes in 2004. Sky-Watcher...
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  • (amateur astronomer) (1915–2014), popularizer of astronomy and the Dobsonian telescope John Dobson (Canadian politician) (1824–1907), Canadian senator John...
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    mechanism used in precision optics such as advanced amateur astronomical telescopes and laboratory microscopes. A dual speed focuser can provide two focusing...
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