Re: ATM Solar telescope design

["Associazione Astronomica Umbra" <astroumbra@edisons.it>]

dear francis,

you can find solar telescopes in S&T: july 1985, "A Swiss solar telescope" by Tarnutzer Andreas; ,july 1996, pagg. 88/89 "A simple Heliostat Design" by Piini Ernie; january 1997, pagg. 96/100,"A 6-inch camera obscura", by Keene George T.

A complete list you can fin if you see our web page at http://www.edisons.it/astroumbra See the english version. Under ARCHIVI you can make the download of a zipdbase (office ' 97 - 600 kb).

I hope that is it a very good help for you.

sorry fo my poor english

Enrico F. Macchia, Umbrian Astronomical Association

----- Original Message -----

From: Francis Milsom

To: atm@shore.net

Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 12:15 AM

Subject: ATM Solar telescope design

Hello everyone,

 

I have a small problem. Here in Reading (UK), a small number of people have started a telescope making group (8) with me as instigator. Most of the group are starting to build 6", 8", 10" .... reflecting scopes, while one member wants to build a solar telescope for white light views initially but with the posibility of building on a spectroscope of some description later.

If memory serves me correctly there was (a number of years ago) an article in S&T discussing a horizontal scope on brick piers with fixed eyepiece. Employing I believe a tiltable flat with central perforation through which the returning cone of light from the primary entered to the eyepiece etc behind the flat?

Anyone who can recognise the thread of an article from the above description can you send me details so I can get a back issue. Or, if you have another idea for a solar scope I am all ears to suggestions.

ps. I also seem to remember something about the scope being part of a garden seat! or other ornament.

 

Anyone interested in details of the West Berkshire Telescope Makers send me an e-mail.

 francis

can be contacted: francis@milsom07.freeserve.co.uk