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Anastigmatic Schiefspiegler
Guntram Lampert's 110mm, anastigmatic Schiefspiegler is now
seeing its third incarnation. His son Johannes is at the controls.
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Fine dining with a view
Imagine observing the planets from the comfort of your own home.
Ed Jones can do just that with his
10" Herschelian telescope.
The eyepiece and telescope controls are at his dining room window. Ed has
more neat, er weird, stuff on his
web site.
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Anderson-Newtonian
Carl Anderson's telescope resists easy classification. The primary is
spherical but is too short to work as a Herschelian. Residuals of
coma and astigmatism are removed by mechanically bending the primary
using either of two schemes. A
must see.
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World's first binocular TCT
At long last, the world now has a working tilted-component
binocular. This achievement, a dream for many of us, was pulled
off by John Francis. John has information about this
telescope on his
web site.
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Brunn Telescope
Austrian amateur, Guntram Lampert built this Brunn Telescope,
the first tetra-schief named for its original designer.
Click here
for the story of how and why this telescope came to be.
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Stevick-Paul Telescope
A.L. Woods and David Stevick with Al's pioneering 6" f/12 Stevick-Paul
telescope. The light path painted on the side of the telescope quietly
answers the most frequently asked question.
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Wolter Multi-Schiefspiegler
Compact, fast, sleek. Breaks the f/10 barrier in a highly portable TCT.
Published both in Germany (VDS-Journal, summer 2000), and in
ATMJ
#16. Dr. Heino Wolter's web site contains extensive
details and plans.
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Tetra Design
John Francis' daughter, Lesley, checks the view through her father's
unique Tetra design. Compactness is achieved by folding the
light path down the declination axis and back.
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Herrig Telescope
Erwin Herrig of Germany has developed a novel, compact,
fast design. This telescope can be made of two spherical mirrors.
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Schiefspieglers
This 200mm catadioptric Schiefspiegler was built by Giovanni Ariot.
More information on this and other Schiefs
here.
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Yolos
The late Albert Priselac of Uniontown Pennsylvania with his Yolo.
More information on this and other Yolos
here.
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Tri-Schiefspieglers
Like a Phoenix from the ashes, this 300mm Tri-Schiefspiegler was
resurrected from a flawed mirror set.
More information on this and other Tri-Schiefs
here.
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Folded Stevick-Paul
Bob Novack folded the basic Stevick-Paul design into this compact
configuration. Photos and details of this f/10 telescope can be found
here.
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Tetra-Schiefspieglers
Joseph Sylvan of the Astronomical Society of Las Cruces owns this
finely crafted Tetra-Schiefspiegler. More information on Tetra-Schiefs
here
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Newtonian
Jose Sasian designed this 6-inch unobstructed Newtonian reflector.
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Doubly Amplified Mirror System
Arkansas amateur Jack Wolfe built this 6" prototype telescope expressly
for the moon and planets. Large image scale was his objective. More
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Schupmann Medial
While not all-reflecting (the Schupmann has a
singlet lens objective), this telescope is renowned for its perfect
achromatism. Here are complete
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