enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. The best telescopes for beginners - AOL

   www.aol.com/news/best-telescopes-beginners...

   By Colin Rosemont. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

3. List of telescope types - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_telescope_types

   Some telescopes are classified by the task they perform; for example Solar telescopes are all designs that look at the Sun, Dobsonian telescopes are designed to be low cost and portable, Aerial telescopes overcame the optical shortcomings of 17th-century objective lenses, [1] etc.

4. Spotting scope - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotting_scope

   The larger the objective, the more massive and expensive the telescope. The optical assembly has a small refracting objective lens, an internal image-erecting system, and an eyepiece that is usually removable. The image-erecting system may use relay lenses, prisms such as Porro or roof prisms, or a catadioptric system of the Schmidt or Maksutov ...

5. Orion Telescopes & Binoculars - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Telescopes_&_Binoculars

   Orion ED120 apo refractor on Orion's Sirius EQ-G "GoTo" and GPS equipped German equatorial mount with portable 12 volt power supply. Orion sold a range of telescopes that they characterize as "beginner", "intermediate" or "advanced", including Newtonians, Maksutovs, Schmidt-Cassegrains, Ritchey-Chrétiens and refractors with or without (sold as optical tube assemblies or "OTA") a variety of ...

6. Amateur astronomy - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_astronomy

   GOTO telescopes usually have to be calibrated using alignment stars to provide accurate tracking and positioning. However, several telescope manufacturers have recently developed telescope systems that are calibrated with the use of built-in GPS, decreasing the time it takes to set up a telescope at the start of an observing session.

7. Astrophotography - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophotography

   This enables the imager to control a telescope far away in a dark location. The observers can image through the telescopes using CCD cameras. Imaging can be done regardless of the location of the user or the telescopes they wish to use. The digital data collected by the telescope is then transmitted and displayed to the user by means of the ...