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A Refractor Designed for Deep-Sky Exploration! Orion AstroView™ 120ST EQ Rich-Field Refractor A Refractor Designed for Deep-Sky Exploration! The AstroView 120ST is a compact, rich-field refractor designed for observation of nebular clouds, star clu...

Hi What is the brand / type of telescopes for newbie? (if possible, under US$ 50) What is the best primary astronomy books for newbie? Thank you

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Title: A purely reflective large wide-field telescope Authors: V.Yu. Terebizh The design of a fast three-mirror telescope with flat field of view 3 degree in diameter is proposed. The telescope does not include auxiliary lenses. As an example, we consider an f/1.25 reflector with the 8.4-m entra...

The eyepiece that you use in your telescope determines what magnification or power that you can see. Eyepieces are usually described by their "focal lengths". A 4mm eyepiece is an example of a very short focal length, and will deliver high power. A 40mm eyepiece is a long focal length, an...

DIY Mirror Telescope Made With Vinyl Pipes and 21-inch Pot This is the Musashi 500, a do-it-yourself mirror telescope made of vinyl chloride pipes, a 21-inch metal pot and some custom-made wood and metal parts. Designed to be easily transported in five different modules, this 5.9-foot long, 44-po...

Vintage telescope offers view of abbey's astronomy past Fifty years ago, on moonless nights atop a hill overlooking farmland, the scholarly monk would gaze heavenward. Through the shining brass telescope, he would observe the glittering work of the Almighty and silently give thanks, plus take...

Title: Astronomy with Small Telescopes Authors: Bohdan Paczynski revised v3 The All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS) is monitoring all sky to about 14 mag with a cadence of about 1 day; it has discovered about 10^5 variable stars, most of them new. The instrument used for the sur...

Meade Telescope Click to Play | View Details

TAL-100RS 100mm (4") Refractor The TAL-1OORS is a improved version of the popular TAL-1OOR, featuring a dual-fit 1.25/2" extended travel focuser and internal baffling for enhanced image quality. The telescope features a multi-coated air-spaced achromatic doublet objective lens...

Luminova® 675 x 4.5" Reflector EQ Telescope A full-featured 900 mm focal length reflector telescope for beginning and intermediate astronomy enthusiasts. Specifications * Magnification: 675x * Telescope Type: Reflector * Mount: Equatorial 1 * Eye Piece: (1.25") H25...

Reflector telescope with a 114mm diameter primary mirror. Comes with aluminium adjustable height tripod. * Optical design: Reflector * Optical diameter: 114mm * Focal length: 450mm * Focal ratio: 4.0 * Optics type: Parabolic * Glass material: Soda-lime plate * Eyepiece...

After extensive redesign and retooling the NEW Portaball is here accepting orders beginning June 2008. "The 8-inch Portaball is designed to deliver outstanding visual imagery in a compact, lightweight, and highly transportable scope featuring quick setup and knock down. In transit, t...

Expand (150kb, 1024 x 768) Expand (53kb, 1024 x 768) Hilkin 60mm refractor 60-millimeter Achromatic Objective Lens. Focal Length 415mm f/6.9. 24.5mm (0.965") eyepieces, 20mm (20x) & 8mm (50x) Huygenian eyepiece Optimum magnification: 175x. Rack & Pinion focusing. 1.5X Erect Im...

Newt is a Newtonian telescope design program. It ray traces the telescope checking for vignetting, optimizes diagonal size, calculates baffle size and position, and a lot more. It allows you to easily and quickly change any of the design parameters of the telescope and to see the resul...

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Telescope Refractor AstroView 120ST (Preview)	Telescopes	0	4163	Jun 24 20:39 2005 by Blobrana
A Refractor Designed for Deep-Sky Exploration! Orion AstroView™ 120ST EQ Rich-Field Refractor A Refractor Designed for Deep-Sky Exploration! The AstroView 120ST is a compact, rich-field refractor designed for observation of nebular clouds, star clu...
Telescope Newbie Telescopes, Books ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 ) (Preview)	All queries go here	81	68818	Jan 24 06:59 2012 by Blobrana
Hi What is the brand / type of telescopes for newbie? (if possible, under US$ 50) What is the best primary astronomy books for newbie? Thank you
Telescope Celestron (Preview)	Telescopes	2	7756	Jul 28 01:00 2007 by Blobrana
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Telescope Large wide-field telescope (Preview)	General news	1	2955	Oct 12 05:45 2007 by Blobrana
Title: A purely reflective large wide-field telescope Authors: V.Yu. Terebizh The design of a fast three-mirror telescope with flat field of view 3 degree in diameter is proposed. The telescope does not include auxiliary lenses. As an example, we consider an f/1.25 reflector with the 8.4-m entra...
Telescope Eyepiece ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Telescopes	28	60757	Oct 6 14:30 2012 by Blobrana
The eyepiece that you use in your telescope determines what magnification or power that you can see. Eyepieces are usually described by their "focal lengths". A 4mm eyepiece is an example of a very short focal length, and will deliver high power. A 40mm eyepiece is a long focal length, an...
Telescope DIY Telescope ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Telescopes	25	32251	Nov 5 10:43 2012 by Blobrana
DIY Mirror Telescope Made With Vinyl Pipes and 21-inch Pot This is the Musashi 500, a do-it-yourself mirror telescope made of vinyl chloride pipes, a 21-inch metal pot and some custom-made wood and metal parts. Designed to be easily transported in five different modules, this 5.9-foot long, 44-po...
Telescope Vintage telescopes (Preview)	Telescopes	3	4096	Oct 26 23:32 2009 by Blobrana
Vintage telescope offers view of abbey's astronomy past Fifty years ago, on moonless nights atop a hill overlooking farmland, the scholarly monk would gaze heavenward. Through the shining brass telescope, he would observe the glittering work of the Almighty and silently give thanks, plus take...
Telescope Astronomy with Small Telescopes ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Telescopes	27	24736	Feb 9 09:11 2012 by Blobrana
Title: Astronomy with Small Telescopes Authors: Bohdan Paczynski revised v3 The All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS) is monitoring all sky to about 14 mag with a cadence of about 1 day; it has discovered about 10^5 variable stars, most of them new. The instrument used for the sur...
Telescope Meade Meade Telescope (Preview)	Telescopes	1	6447	Aug 16 09:45 2008 by Blobrana
Meade Telescope Click to Play \| View Details
Telescope Refractor TAL-100RS Refractor (Preview)	Telescopes	0	11120	Apr 2 21:05 2008 by Blobrana
TAL-100RS 100mm (4") Refractor The TAL-1OORS is a improved version of the popular TAL-1OOR, featuring a dual-fit 1.25/2" extended travel focuser and internal baffling for enhanced image quality. The telescope features a multi-coated air-spaced achromatic doublet objective lens...
Reflector Telescope Luminova 675x4.5" EQ Reflector (Preview)	Telescopes	0	7449	Aug 11 00:58 2008 by Blobrana
Luminova® 675 x 4.5" Reflector EQ Telescope A full-featured 900 mm focal length reflector telescope for beginning and intermediate astronomy enthusiasts. Specifications * Magnification: 675x * Telescope Type: Reflector * Mount: Equatorial 1 * Eye Piece: (1.25") H25...
Reflector Telescope Orion StarBlast 4.5 EQ Reflector Telescope (Preview)	Telescopes	2	13590	Dec 10 20:37 2010 by Blobrana
Reflector telescope with a 114mm diameter primary mirror. Comes with aluminium adjustable height tripod. * Optical design: Reflector * Optical diameter: 114mm * Focal length: 450mm * Focal ratio: 4.0 * Optics type: Parabolic * Glass material: Soda-lime plate * Eyepiece...
Reflector Telescope Portaball telescope (Preview)	Telescopes	0	3677	May 2 22:37 2008 by Blobrana
After extensive redesign and retooling the NEW Portaball is here accepting orders beginning June 2008. "The 8-inch Portaball is designed to deliver outstanding visual imagery in a compact, lightweight, and highly transportable scope featuring quick setup and knock down. In transit, t...
Refractor Telescope Hilkin Telescope (Preview)	Telescopes	3	14681	Feb 22 18:58 2010 by Blobrana
Expand (150kb, 1024 x 768) Expand (53kb, 1024 x 768) Hilkin 60mm refractor 60-millimeter Achromatic Objective Lens. Focal Length 415mm f/6.9. 24.5mm (0.965") eyepieces, 20mm (20x) & 8mm (50x) Huygenian eyepiece Optimum magnification: 175x. Rack & Pinion focusing. 1.5X Erect Im...
Telescope Newt (Preview)	Computers	0	2949	May 26 19:21 2005 by Blobrana
Newt is a Newtonian telescope design program. It ray traces the telescope checking for vignetting, optimizes diagonal size, calculates baffle size and position, and a lot more. It allows you to easily and quickly change any of the design parameters of the telescope and to see the resul...