Washburn telescope optics get 130-year checkup, cleaning - Phys.Org
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Washburn telescope optics get 130-year checkup, cleaning Phys.Org Antique-optics restoration specialist John Augustine lowers the 15.5-inch refractor lens from the Washburn Observatory telescope -- which is temporarily suspended upside down. Credit: Jeff Miller (Phys.org) -- Bit by bit over the last two decades, ... |
Washburn telescope optics get 130-year checkup, cleaning - University of Wisconsin-Madison
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University of Wisconsin-Madison | Washburn telescope optics get 130-year checkup, cleaning University of Wisconsin-Madison "There aren't too many guys who do this kind of thing," explains Jim Lattis, director of UW-Madison's Space Place and the official custodian of the observatory and its antique refracting telescope. Augustine spent several days disassembling and ... |
Students explore the possibilities - Towanda Daily Review
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Towanda Daily Review | Students explore the possibilities Towanda Daily Review By Rick Stilson (Times-Shamrock Writer) Times-Shamrock Photo/Rick Stilson Jared Compton peers through the eyepiece of Kopernik's six-inch refracting telescope at sun spots during a rare break in the clouds on Space Day. Times-Shamrock Photo/Rick ... |
Shanghai Astronomical Museum - China Daily
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 China Daily | Shanghai Astronomical Museum China Daily The "Far East's First" 40cm binocular refracting optical telescope was installed on the mountain top. In the past 100-plus years, it has taken more than 7000 precious astronomical photos. In 2000, the "Time Museum" of the workstation was opened to the ... |
Best Telescopes for Beginners | Telescope Reviews & Buying Guide - Space.com
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Best Telescopes for Beginners | Telescope Reviews & Buying Guide Space.com Low maintenance, excellent optical quality, a fine Go-To computer and the capability of daytime use for targets on Earth persuaded our reviewers to name Meade's StarNavigator 102 the best refracting telescope for beginners of 2012. |
Solar eclipse wows viewers across its path - News in photos
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Solar eclipse wows viewers across its path News in photos (Jim Stevens/Staff) John Ronan, 76, of Oakland, watches the impending eclipse through the original Chabot Observatory 8-inch refracting telescope in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, May 20, 2012. Hundreds of others attended the solar eclipse viewing party ... |
Area astronomy club to unseal 25-year-old time capsule - Burlington Hawk Eye
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Area astronomy club to unseal 25-year-old time capsule Burlington Hawk Eye The observatory complex started out as nothing more than an idea in the minds of astronomy club members in 1984 but soon became a reality after the Burlington school district donated its Alvan Clark and Sons refracting telescope, which was given to the ... |
Let's Talk About: Transit of Venus 2012 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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The Age | Let's Talk About: Transit of Venus 2012 Pittsburgh Post Gazette In 1610, Galileo, with his primitive refracting telescope, was the first human to actually see Venus as more than just a bright point of light in the sky. Meanwhile, Johannes Kepler, with astronomical data assembled by Tycho Brahe, accurately predicted ... Your guide to the transit of Venus |
Collecting Light Part 2: A Century of Stargazing - Arizona Public Media
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Collecting Light Part 2: A Century of Stargazing Arizona Public Media Visit the Collecting Light website for more stories, interviews, resources and images. The Alvan Clark refracting telescope was installed at Lowell Observatory in 1896. It is still used today for public viewing programs. |
Meade StarNavigator 102 Review | Buy Best Telescopes for Beginners - Space.com
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Meade StarNavigator 102 Review | Buy Best Telescopes for Beginners Space.com Laboratory-quality optics run deep in the DNA of telescopes by Meade. That's one reason our reviewers chose the Meade StarNavigator 102 as our leading Refractor for beginners. The "102" number refers to this scope's 102mm of aperture. |
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