All Done With Mirrors
By: Roy Kaelin |
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Price:$8.95
ISBN: 978-1-60862-362-4
Edition: Paperback, 114 Pages
Publication Date: January 18, 2012 |
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If you had the chance to observe the heavens in comfort,
would you take a seat and enjoy the view? This little
book acquaints sky observers with an uncommon but
comfortable optical design, the Mersenne telescope.
The unusual Mersenne optics can link the lens telescope
to a far larger mirror telescope. This linkage boosts
the power of the refractor to match the aperture of the
large reflector! Sounds far-fetched, but it’s true and
it works.
Against the backdrop of crafting his first telescope
mirror, Roy Kaelin describes this exceptional two-mirror
design, dormant for decades until others revived it,
whose optics the amateur telescope maker can craft
himself.
The Mersenne design lets the serious amateur enhance an
existing telescope and make it easily accessible to
small children and the wheelchair-bound. It’s a superb
way for all to gain an unmatched view of the night sky
magnified, while comfortably seated!
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