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East - Kling-Karval (Hwy 94 & 109 intersection)
Way out east - VAS Observatory, VT.:

Sometimes you just want to drive out into the country, setup your telescope and take a quick look at what is up there!

Vesto Slipher studied the galaxies. His works laid the foundations for others who followed. Unfortunately, his first studies involved the Andromeda galaxy (our nearest neighboring galaxy) - and it is coming towards us rather than speeding away (like most of the other galaxies). Thus he missed his chance to propose the "expansion of the universe" like Hubble did. [Hubble had better PR people as well. - IMO]

What is notable is his use of the term "dark star" which predates the more common phrase, "black hole"...

V. Slipher's 1913 report

{click on picture for Hubble's 1929 report}


I'm a big TN (telescope nut). My first homemade telescope was built in 1974. You may see the second resurection of it under "Newtonian alignment" below. The first version was twice as long (F/8) and when the secondary mirror hit the primary (the spider broke), I decided that it would be shorter (F/4) in it's second reincarnation!

I am currently working on these projects:

  • 1. Eighteen inch dia. F/6, thin mirror. (See below.)
  • 2. An F/8, novelty telescope.
  • 3. Several flats.


    • This is my homemade mount for my binoculars. The base is a Meade (TM) LX200 field tripod. The binos are Celestron (TM) 25x100 Skymasters.




    This picture shows how the light is focused to a common point. It is also an example of a noncoherent multi-mirrored telescope. The combination of several mirrors to be used together to form one image (not an easy task!). Would the seperate mirrors determine the resolution of the image; or would the ultimate dimensions determine the resolution? Oh, and it kind of matches my shirt!

    ANSWER: The resolution would be limited to that of one of the individual mirrors.


    Current projects:

    18 inch mirror project:
    Celestron corrector plate:
    Newtonian alignment: (~2Meg.)


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     Rocky Mountain Star Stare [RMSS]  NASA images
     Clear Skies Clocks  Jet Propulsion Lab [JPL] 
     Vermont Astronomical Society [VAS]  Lick Observatory
     United States Air Force Academy[USAFA]  University of Colorado at Colo. Springs[UCCS]
     Nightsky Live   Mt.Wilson Observatory
     Near Earth Objects [NEO]  Astronomical League
     CSAS Events page  Heavens Above

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