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Astronomy and telescope making. Have made at least seven telescopes, both refractors and reflectors, and have spent 30 years looking at the nighttime sky.
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| Rob | 01/07/12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | This worked. Thank you. |
| Dipankar | 01/02/12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | Thanks very much for a very quick(less ..... |
| Emily | 12/30/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Hey Paul, Thanks so much for the ..... |
| Behjat | 12/12/11 | 10 | 7 | 10 | |
| Brian | 11/28/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Paul was great. He answered my question ..... |
Recent Answers from Paul Wagner
2012-01-06 Telescope focus problem:
HI Rob I think I know the answer. Most telescopes are really made only to focus on the stars---and they are a long way away. IF you are trying to focus on nearer objects, the scope won't work. Try
2012-01-02 buying my first telescope:
HI Dipankar I know what you mean about the binoculars. It is very hard for anyone to hold something like that still enough to really see things! My wife even gets motion sickness from looking through
2011-12-28 10 Interesting Things in Our Galaxy:
HI Emily For any amateur astronomer, this kind of thing is lots of fun! How about these for starters: 1. A planetary system like our Solar System--complete with planets that have rings, moons
2011-12-08 Building Reflector Telescope:
HI Behjat You've come to the right place. The challenge here is to determine the focal length of that shaving mirror. If you can, take it out tonight and point it at the moon. Then try to get an
2011-11-23 jason model 313 telescope:
Hi Brian Sounds like you have a fun project. These Jason scopes were made for many, many years...and they used a lot of different model numbers for them--all for what is basically the same scope.
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