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John Lowry Dobson (14 September 1915 – 15 January 2014) was an American amateur astronomer and is best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope. [3] He was also known for his efforts to promote awareness of astronomy (and his unorthodox views of physical cosmology ) through public lectures ...
A Dobsonian telescope is an altazimuth-mounted Newtonian telescope design popularized by John Dobson in 1965 and credited with vastly increasing the size of telescopes available to amateur astronomers. Dobson's telescopes featured a simplified mechanical design that was easy to manufacture from readily available components to create a large ...
A Sidewalk Astronomer is a 2005 documentary film about former Vedanta monk and amateur astronomer John Dobson. [1] The film follows Dobson to state parks, astronomy clubs, and downtown streets as he promotes awareness of astronomy through his own personal style of sidewalk astronomy.
John Dobson (amateur astronomer) (1915–2014), popularizer of astronomy and the Dobsonian telescope John Dobson (Canadian politician) (1824–1907), Canadian senator John Dobson (Northern Ireland politician) (1929–2009), Northern Irish politician
James Dobson was born to Myrtle Georgia (née Dillingham) and James C. Dobson Sr. on April 21, 1936, in Shreveport, Louisiana. [8] [9] From his earliest childhood, religion played a central part in his life.
Texas executed Steven Nelson for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson Wednesday night. It is the second execution of the year in the nation.
Anita Dobson has shared a major health update about her husband Brian May, who suffered a stroke in September.. The Queen guitarist, 77, was rushed to hospital after suffering a minor stroke and ...
Dobson was appointed as the technical director of Italian National Championship of Excellence side Roma for the 2009–10 season. [4] He was due to coach new Italian franchise Praetorians Roma in the 2010–11 Celtic League , [ 5 ] but their inclusion in the European competition never materialised, with Benetton Treviso being included instead.