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Top Ten Ways of Improving Newtonian Telescope Optics
Top Ten Ways of Improving Newtonian Telescope Optics
by Dick Suiter
The Newtonian has a single curved mirror as the focusing element, and is the most common type of telescope among amateurs. The rea...
Telescope Recommendations
Telescope Recommendations
There are three chief types of telescope: refractors (made with lenses), reflectors (made with mirrors) and catadioptric (having both mirrors and lenses).
REFRACTORS are ...
Info for Educators
Education 2021
Part of what the ASBC was established for was to provide a resource of expert knowledge to the local educational community. That expertise takes the form of consulting as to astronomica...
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WHAT IS THAT?
I get confused when I hear star, planet, moon, comet, galaxy, constellation, meteor, asteroid, and so forth? What's the difference?
Star: a large mass of mostly hydrogen gas, glowing br...
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