Astronomical Instrumentation
- Berthon’s Dynamometer The Berthon's Dynamometer: A Forgotten Tool for Measuring Eyepiece Power While the name "Berthon's…
- Borda’s Principle of Repetition Borda's Principle of Repetition: A Stellar Symphony of Accuracy (and its Dissonance) In the pursui…
- Box Sextant Navigating the Stars: The Box Sextant in Stellar Astronomy The vast expanse of the cosmos has capt…
- Cassegrainian Telescope Peering into the Cosmos: The Cassegrainian Telescope For centuries, humankind has gazed at the hea…
- Catoptrics The Celestial Mirror: Understanding Catoptrics in Stellar Astronomy The vastness of the cosmos can…
- Celestial Globe Unveiling the Universe: A Journey with the Celestial Globe The vast expanse of the night sky, spri…
- Chronograph The Chronograph: A Revolutionary Tool in Stellar Astronomy Before the advent of modern electronic …
- Circle of Position Navigating by the Sun: Understanding the Circle of Position In the age of GPS and sophisticated na…
- Circle, Transit Circles, Transits, and the Stars: Unveiling the Cosmos In the realm of stellar astronomy, precise …
- Clamp Clamping Down on the Cosmos: The Unsung Heroes of Astronomical Instruments While telescopes and sa…
- Collimating Eyepiece Collimating Eyepieces: Essential Tools for Precise Stellar Astronomy In the realm of stellar astro…
- Collimation, Error of Collimation: The Alignment that Makes Stars Shine Brighter In the pursuit of understanding the vas…
- Collimators Collimators: Guiding the Light in Stellar Astronomy In the world of stellar astronomy, precision i…
- Diagonal Eyepiece Seeing the Stars from a New Angle: Exploring Diagonal Eyepieces in Astronomy Observing celestial o…
- Dip Sector The Dip Sector: A Stellar Navigation Tool for Measuring the Horizon In the realm of celestial navi…
- Flat The Flat: A Tiny Mirror with a Big Role in Telescopic Exploration While the grand, concave primary…
- Front View The Front View: A Glimpse into Herschel's Revolutionary Telescope Design In the realm of stellar a…
- Geocentric Lunar Distances Navigating the Stars: A Look Back at Geocentric Lunar Distances Before the advent of modern GPS, s…
- Globe, Celestial Navigating the Cosmos: The Celestial Globe and its Inverted Reality The night sky, a vast expanse …
- Gnomon The Gnomon: A Stellar Timekeeper From Ancient Greece The word "gnomon" might conjure images of a m…
