Building and Using Binoscopes

• Main Author: Butler, Norman (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

Focusing on both homemade and commercial products, this book provides the reader with simple and straightforward information about the modelling and building of binoscopes. Binoscopes can be thought of as binoculars enlarged to the size of telescopes: essentially, a combination of the two. Construct...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Why Binoscopes?- Optical Designs
• Binoculars Are Binoscopes.- RTMC Riverside Telescope Makers Conference
• Homemade Binoscopes
• One-Of-A-Kind
• Odds and Ends
• Equatorial Drive Platforms
• Equatorial vs. Altazimuth
• Binoculars Of-The-Third-Kind.- Astronomical Formulae
• Glossary
• Index.