Re: [ATM] Astronomical Absurdities

[vorblesnak@peak.org]

I know of only one instance from long ago.  A young man about age 10 built
one and caught the eye of Russell Porter.  I believe the article on it was
in Scientific American in the 1930's.  I am pretty sure it is on the
Amateur Scientist CDRom.

David Davis
Toledo, OR

> Every morning I look into a shaving mirror and think of that
> telescope that some one was said to have built last year at
> Stellaphane using a watermelon for a tube!
>
> I've no aspirations of doing anything with a watermellon except
> perhaps eating it but this shaving mirror continues to be a
> distraction. It's an 8 inch diameter and has a F/L of about 18". It's
> thin and appears to lend itself to that threaded bolt technology that
> one member the NJAA played with for bending the mirror.
>
> I have no aspirations of doing anything with this if for no other
> reason than the simple fact that I am over-extended now by other
> substantially more important things.
>
> Still, I'm curious. Has anyone ever attempted to make a reflector
> telescope out of a shaving or make-up mirror? Even as a joke?
>
> I know this question will generate volumes on why it would never
> work. That's OK but has anyone tried?
>
> Art
>
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