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Page listing for the category: Types Of Telescope
So you want a telescope? Or perhaps you just want a better telescope than the one you already have.
Should you make your own telescope?
Making you own telescope is often abbreviated as ATM (amateur telescope making) and it has quite a following of enthusiasts. read on..
I have been consulting with experts over the last two weeks, about how to fix our big telescope and make it usable.
It has a problem with the slow-motion drive on the declination axis. The screw thread and rack section drive, no longer mesh properly. So the dec drive does not work. read on..
My new telescope was delivered two days ago, so here are the first impressions.
It’s a Skywatcher 80ED refractor from the Evostar Pro series. This means it has an 80mm diameter, high quality objective lens, made from fluorite glass.
This special glass material is used to eliminate false color as much as possible from observations and keep them sharp. read on..
