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How to Make a… TELESCOPE.

Authors :
NOBEL, JUSTIN
Source :
Popular Mechanics. Sep2016, Vol. 193 Issue 7, p72-74. 3p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

The article discusses how Mike Clements, a telescope enthusiast built an amateur telescope and his inspiration behind it.It tells us how Clements developed interest in Telescope making after visiting the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles and how he built his first telescope from a toilet-paper tube and his father's eyeglasses.He then built the world's largest amateur telescope which is thirty-five feet tall, weighs four thousand pounds and consists of 70-inch mirror.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00324558
Volume :
193
Issue :
7
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Popular Mechanics
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
123106902