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Tele Vue once manufactured a 5" refracting telescope named the MPT, the Multi-Purpose Telescope. It had a fast f/4 ratio, and had an adjustable diaphragm that ranged from f/4 to f/20. Only a small number were made, with the last being kept by Televue to use as a final optical quality control for all eyepieces they make.
The Meade Instruments (also shortened to Meade) was an American multinational company headquartered in Watsonville, California, that manufactures, imports, and distributes telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes, microscopes, CCD cameras, and telescope accessories for the consumer market. [2]
Lens layouts of earlier Nagler eyepieces Nagler "type 2" (1988) eyepiece lens layout. Invented by Albert Nagler and patented in 1979, the Nagler eyepiece is a design optimized for astronomical telescopes to give an ultra-wide field of view (82°) that has good correction for astigmatism and other aberrations. Introduced in 2007, the Ethos is an ...
The scope base is the attachment interface on the rifle's receiver, onto which the scope rings or scope mount are fixed. Early telescopic sights almost all have the rings that are fastened directly into tapped screw holes on the receiver, hence having no additional scope base other than the receiver top itself.
The first Agena-D launch was of KH-4 #7 on June 28, 1963, and a total of 269 Agena-Ds were launched. The Agena-D was used to launch KH-7 GAMBIT and KH-8 Gambit 3 reconnaissance satellites, three Mariner probes to Venus and the two Mariner space probes to Mars. Thor-Agena flew for the last time in 1972 when it launched a KH-4B satellite.
As a stand-alone condition, "ataxia is a degenerative disease of the nervous system," explains Andrew Rosen, chief executive officer of the National Ataxia Foundation. There are many types ...
The royal kids might not be allowed to keep some of their Christmas presents from the public this year thanks to the family's strict rules about gift giving.
Bushnell scopes on display at a hunting exhibition Also known as Bushnell Outdoor Products, Bushnell specializes in optics . Its products include binoculars , spotting scopes , telescopes , night vision equipment , GPS devices, laser rangefinders , riflescopes , holographic weapon sights , game cameras , and other high-end optical equipment.