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, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.

Covering both homemade and commercial products, this book provides the reader with simple and straightforward information about the modeling, building, and use of binoscopes. Binoscopes can be thought of as binoculars enlarged to the size of telescopes - essentially, a combination of the two.  Const...

Table of Contents:

• About the Author
• Why Binoscopes?- Optical Designs
• Binoculars Are Binoscopes
• Riverside Telescope Makers Conference (RTMC)
• Homemade Binoscopes
• One of a Kind
• Odds and Ends
• Equatorial Drive Platforms
• Equatorial versus Altazimuth
• Binoculars of the Third Kind
• Appendix 1: Astronomical Formulae
• Appendix 2: Glossary
• Index.