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BASICS ASTRONOMY 1.3
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Instruments
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More on using the Planisphere a bit of practise.
Coordinate systems – locating objects.
The Constellations through the year.
Finding things on charts.
Last time
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This week
About the use of binoculars.
Telescope types.
Finders, eye pieces, etc.
Setting up and using visually.
Types of mount.
The sky this week
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About the use of binoculars
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Adjusting focus and eye separation
Eye adjustment
Getting comfortable
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The sky this week
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Telescope types
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Refractors
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Telescope types
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Refractors
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Telescope types
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Johannes Helvelius’s 8” Ariel telescope from 1673 had a focal length of 150 feet.
Amazingly a lot of sciencewas done using these typesof instrument but were madeobsolete by technical advances.
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The achromatic lens was first invented by an amateur optician Chester Moore Hall but John Dolland was granted a patent in 1758.
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The Apochromatic lens was inventedDolland’s son Peter in 1763.
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Telescope types
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Newtonian
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Newtonian
A six inch diameter telescope was shown to the Royal Society in 1721 by John Hadley.
Built in late 1668 by Isaac Newton the mirror was made from Speculum metal.This first telescope had a mirror of just 1 1/3 “ but worked without colour distortionand could resolve the four Galilean moons and phases of Venus.A second version of this telescope was shown to the Royal Society in 1671.
The mirrors today are made from glass and the surface is Aluminised and are very efficient at reflecting light.
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Gregorian
Invented and described in Optical Promota 1663 by James Gregory
First built by Robert Hooke in 1673
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Gregorian telescope of English manufacture circa 1735
Gregorian
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Catadioptic – SCTs, Maks, Astrographs
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Telescope accessories
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Finder scope
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Eye pieces
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Telescope accessories
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Eye pieces
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Telescope accessories
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Barlow lens Star diagonals
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Telescope accessories
Field flatteners
Dew bands
Coma correctors
Focal reducers
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How to work out the magnification
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Ff
Magnification = F divided by f
Example: F = 500 f = 10 500/10 = 50
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Telescope mounts
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Alt Az mounts
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Telescope mounts
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Alt Az mounts
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Telescope mounts
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Equatorial mounts
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Equatorial mounts
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Telescope mountsEquatorial mounts
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Telescope mounts
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Setting up and using a telescope
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Any questions
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