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Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Chapter 1: Why Binoscopes?; What Can One Expect to See in a Binoscope?; Going to Build a Monster Binocular Telescope?; How Does Surface Flatness Relate to Optical Quality?; Diffraction Pattern of Obstructed Optical Systems; Why Do Spider Vanes Cause Diffraction Spikes?; How Important Is My Secondary Mirror Size?; What Is the Limiting Magnitude of a Binoscope?; What Is the Light Gathering Power of a Binoscope?; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Optical Designs; What Is Coma?; How to Correct for Coma; How to Adjust the IPD in a Binoscope
Further ReadingChapter 3: Binoculars Are Binoscopes; Binocular Prisms; What Kind of Glass Are Binocular Prisms Made Of?; The Importance of the Exit Pupil in Binoculars; Exit Pupil Math for Binoculars; Binocular Mirror Mount; Downward Looking Binocular Mount; Why Build One?; Construction; Using the Mount: First Light; Other Considerations; Conclusions; Making of Voyager; A GOTO Binocular Chair; The StarChair3000; A Motorized Ophthalmic Binocular Chair; Further Reading; Chapter 4: Riverside Telescope Makers Conference (RTMC); The Discovery of Comet Machholz 1985e; Further Reading
Chapter 5: Homemade BinoscopesSwivel Bearings; Optical Alignment of a 16-in. Binocular Telescope; Shingletown Shootout; Further Reading; Chapter 6: One of a Kind; Building a GOTO Refractor Binoscope; Six-inch f/15 Cassegrain Binoculars; The 10-in. f/4 "Dob Buster"; Further Reading; Books and Monthly Periodicals; Chapter 7: Odds and Ends; 1920s Binocular Telescope; Binoviewers; Eyepieces; How Does a Barlow Lens Work?; What Does the Term "Field of View" Really Mean?; A "Periscope-Style" Right-Angle Finder; Multi-mirror Newtonian; A Work in Progress; The Optical Design
Making the Quartz Mirrors The Alignment; Coatings; Visible Spectrum; Further Reading; Eyepieces; Coatings; References for Optical Coatings; Chapter 8: Equatorial Drive Platforms; Heijkoop's Equatorial Platform; Main Dimensions; Materials; The Woodwork; The North Bearing Supports; Assembly of the North Sector; Assembly of the South Sector; The Direct Drive; The Hurst Stepper Motor; The Inline Skate Wheel Drive; Electronics; Blue Box; Ten Revolutions Linear Pot with Digital Readout; Inside the Blue Box; My Pride and Joy (Finished); The Complete Setup; Handle Bars and Wheels
Building an Equatorial Platform for my TelescopeGeneral Design; Sector Design; Support Assembly; Drive Assembly; Motor Control Unit; Operation; Summary; Equatorial Cradle; The McCleary Mount; Why Use a McCreary Mount?; The Prototype: Some Preliminary Specifications; McCreary Mount Fundamentally Different and Why Is It Better than Anything that Came Before?; Two Points; Gravity-Driven Fluid Motion; Design Variations; Claiming as Original?; Specific Combined Elements of the Invention; Variants; McCreary Mount Eliminates Virtually All Sources of Periodic Error
Further ReadingChapter 3: Binoculars Are Binoscopes; Binocular Prisms; What Kind of Glass Are Binocular Prisms Made Of?; The Importance of the Exit Pupil in Binoculars; Exit Pupil Math for Binoculars; Binocular Mirror Mount; Downward Looking Binocular Mount; Why Build One?; Construction; Using the Mount: First Light; Other Considerations; Conclusions; Making of Voyager; A GOTO Binocular Chair; The StarChair3000; A Motorized Ophthalmic Binocular Chair; Further Reading; Chapter 4: Riverside Telescope Makers Conference (RTMC); The Discovery of Comet Machholz 1985e; Further Reading
Chapter 5: Homemade BinoscopesSwivel Bearings; Optical Alignment of a 16-in. Binocular Telescope; Shingletown Shootout; Further Reading; Chapter 6: One of a Kind; Building a GOTO Refractor Binoscope; Six-inch f/15 Cassegrain Binoculars; The 10-in. f/4 "Dob Buster"; Further Reading; Books and Monthly Periodicals; Chapter 7: Odds and Ends; 1920s Binocular Telescope; Binoviewers; Eyepieces; How Does a Barlow Lens Work?; What Does the Term "Field of View" Really Mean?; A "Periscope-Style" Right-Angle Finder; Multi-mirror Newtonian; A Work in Progress; The Optical Design
Making the Quartz Mirrors The Alignment; Coatings; Visible Spectrum; Further Reading; Eyepieces; Coatings; References for Optical Coatings; Chapter 8: Equatorial Drive Platforms; Heijkoop's Equatorial Platform; Main Dimensions; Materials; The Woodwork; The North Bearing Supports; Assembly of the North Sector; Assembly of the South Sector; The Direct Drive; The Hurst Stepper Motor; The Inline Skate Wheel Drive; Electronics; Blue Box; Ten Revolutions Linear Pot with Digital Readout; Inside the Blue Box; My Pride and Joy (Finished); The Complete Setup; Handle Bars and Wheels
Building an Equatorial Platform for my TelescopeGeneral Design; Sector Design; Support Assembly; Drive Assembly; Motor Control Unit; Operation; Summary; Equatorial Cradle; The McCleary Mount; Why Use a McCreary Mount?; The Prototype: Some Preliminary Specifications; McCreary Mount Fundamentally Different and Why Is It Better than Anything that Came Before?; Two Points; Gravity-Driven Fluid Motion; Design Variations; Claiming as Original?; Specific Combined Elements of the Invention; Variants; McCreary Mount Eliminates Virtually All Sources of Periodic Error