Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• 1. On Telescopes in General
• What Kind of telescope Shall We Build?
• The Amateur's Telescope
• Some Telescope History
• A Summary
• 2. The Mirror: General Procedures and Equipment
• Depth of Curve
• Fine Grinding
• Polishing
• Figuring
• Aluminizing
• Basic Materials
• The Workshop
• 3. The Mirror: Rough Grinding
• The Fundamental Strokes
• Types of Strokes
• The Effect of Strokes
• Starting to Grind
• The Template
• Using the Template
• Testing for Depth of Curve with Light Rays
• 4. The Mirror: Fine Grinding
• The Fine-Grinding Process
• The Final Stage of Fine Grinding
• 5. The Principle of the Foucault Test
• The Simplified Foucault Tester
• The Mackintosh Tester
• The Hot Wire Light Source
• Using the Foucault Tester for Focal Length
• 6. Pitch Laps and Polishing
• The Pitch Lap
• Making the Pitch Lap
• Molded Patterns for Pitch Laps
• The Nature of Polishing
• Polishing Objectives and Techniques
• Quick-Polishing Methods
• The Plastic Lap
• 7. More About Polishing
• Using the Foucault Test to Locate Mirror Defects
• Other Tests for Mirror Defects
• Correcting Mirror Irregularities
• Final Polishing with Washed Rouge
• 8. The Mirror: Testing for the Paraboloid
• Figures of Revolution
• Test for the Paraboloid
• Mathematics for Mirror Making
• The Rayleigh Standard
• The Paraboloid Shadows
• The Couder Screen
• Testing with Couder Screen
• Testing the Over-All Figure
• The Everest Test Method
• 9. Parabolizing the Mirror
• Working Conditions
• Interpretation of Test Observations
• Correcting the Hyperboloid
• Correcting the Oblate Spheroid
• Parabolizing Methods
• Accuracy in Parabolizing
• Mirror Coatings
• 10. The Diagonal
• Placing the Diagonal
• Types of Diagonals
• Diagonal Mathematics
• Testing Glass for Flatness
• Cutting the Glass
• Grinding and Polishing the Diagonal Flat
• Shaping the Diagonal
• 11. The Eyepiece
• Focal Length
• Magnification
• Real Field
• Exit Pupil
• Eye Relief
• General Notes on Eyepieces
• Types of Eyepieces
• What Eyepieces to Have
• Making the Eyepiece
• 12. The Telescope Tube and its Fittings
• The Telescope Tube
• The Mirror Cell
• The Spider and Diagonal Holder
• The Eyepiece Holder
• 13. The Mounting for the Telescope
• The Altazimuth Mounting
• The Equatorial Mounting
• The Polar Axis
• Making a Simple German Type of Pipe Mounting
• Making a Ball-Bearing German Mounting
• Finders
• Making a Simple Finder
• Balancing the Tube
• 14. Adjustments and Additions
• Adjusting the Telescope
• Collimating the Optical Train
• Lining up the Declination Axis
• Adjusting the Polar Axis
• Setting Circles
• Telescope Drives
• 15. The Observatory
• Protecting the Optics
• Cleaning Optical Surfaces
• Permanent Mountings
• Simple Housings
• Sliding-Roof Observatories
• Domed Observatory
• Furnishing the Observatory
• 16. Celestial Photography
• Still Photography
• Constellations with Still Photography
• Guided Camera Photography
• Photography at the Focal Plane
• Photography by Eyepiece Projection
• Eyepiece Projection Plus Camera Lens
• General Notes on Photography
• 17. Other Telescopes
• Long-Focus Newtonian Reflector
• Short-Focus Newtonian Reflector
• Larger Mirrors
• The Cassegrainian
• Catadioptric Systems
• Referactors
• A Summary
• Glossary
• Appendix
• Index