Telescope Owner Resources

1. How To Polar Align your Telescope  (site info) How to correctly align a German Equatorial Mount (GEM). A how to article with diagrams and photographs. http://www.astronomy.net/articles/PolarAlignYourTe... 2. All About Eyepiece Designs  (site info) The article describes the different eyepiece designs (such as Huygens, Ramsden, Kellner, and Plössl) and lists their inherent advantages and disadvantages. http://www.atmpage.com/ep.html 3. Eyepieces and Choosing an Eyepiece Set  (site info) How to select a proper eyepiece set to extract the best possible images from any telescope. Why certain eyepieces work better with each other in a set. http://www.cloudynights.com/beginners/eyepieces.ht... 4. How to Build an Eyepiece Tool Box  (site info) Contains complete plans and pictures to let you build an eyepiece case. http://www.cloudynights.com/howto/eyecase1.htm 5. Collimating Newtonian Optics  (site info) How to collimate a Newtonian telescope. Contains complete instructions and easy to read diagrams, also contains links to this page in Spanish and Croatian. http://www.efn.org/~mbartels/tm/collimat.html 1-5 of 22. Next »