Viewing through the world's largest amateur telescope Reflectors Cloudy Nights
The long-haul trucker from West Jordan has single-handedly built a 70-inch telescope — the largest one on record to be crafted by an amateur astronomer. While the primary mirror is 70 inches, the black metal structure itself stands about 35 feet tall, supporting a secondary mirror that is 29 inches. Clements bought the 900-pound mirror.
Utah man builds largest amateur telescope on record The Salt Lake Tribune
Clements is an amateur astronomer who, after years of planning, finished constructing the world's largest amateur telescope in September. The telescope is as long as a school bus, and weighs about.
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The secondary is 24 inches in diameter, which by itself would make the main mirror in an amateur telescope much bigger than most. The large iron-and-concrete building housing the telescope cost.
Utah man builds largest amateur telescope on record The Salt Lake Tribune
It will be the fourth big telescope stationed at the site, the Stansbury Park Observatory Complex, and the largest of the group. In fact, the telescope built by Mike Clements dwarfs all other amateur telescopes in the world. The main mirror is a spectacular glass disk 70 inches across, originally made for an American spy satellite.
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A monstrous 70" Dobsonian Reflector made from a relic of the cold war.
Utah man’s massive creation may be largest amateur telescope ever built
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Utah man builds largest amateur telescope on record The Salt Lake Tribune
Largest amateur built telescopes of 40 inches [1 meter] or larger Largest amateur built telescopes of 40 inches [1 meter] or larger Home ground mirror and home built mounting Group70 70 inch (1988-nearing completion as of 2022) Dan Bakken 42 inch (2004, 2nd iteration 2007) Chris Fuld 41 inch scope (2007)
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Salt Lake County man builds world's largest amateur telescope Deseret News
Just curious to know which is the largest aperture telescope (obviously a reflector!) continuously available to amateur-astronomers? So professional telescopes giving time to amateur-astronomers don't count #2 PhilCo126 Soyuz topic starter Posts: 3,858 Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posted 17 March 2013 - 02:20 AM For instance.
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Welcome! The Warren Rupp Observatory has one of the world's largest amateur operated telescopes. Our physical address is 5127 Possum Run Road Bellville, OH 44813 near Mansfield, Ohio. We are located on the grounds of Hidden Hollow Camp, so look for the Hidden Hollow Camp sign! The observatory is operated by the Richland Astronomy Society who.
World’s Largest Backyard Telescope National Geographic Blog
To get a telescope's theoretical maximum 50× per inch of aperture, you use an eyepiece whose focal length in mm is half the focal ratio: 2 mm for an f/4 scope and 7.5 mm for an f/15 scope. To get 4× per inch, the eyepiece's focal length would be 25 mm for an f/4 scope and 95 mm for an f/15 scope. Unfortunately, no commercially available.
The World’s Largest Amateur Telescope David Reneke Space and Astronomy News
Asked by Jasmine Isaacs While many amateur astronomers would be happy with a moderately-sized 20- to 25-centimetre (eight- to ten-inch) telescope, the largest amateur telescope that has ever been built is a whopping 178 centimetres (70 inches) - currently the largest in the world.
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Intro One of the LARGEST Amateur Visual Telescopes on Earth!!!! 70-inch Aperture! Maximum Astronomy 3.45K subscribers Subscribe 101K views 1 year ago Mike Clements takes us on a tour of his.
Utah Will Soon Be Home to the Largest Amateur Telescope Utah Family Magazine
Giant 36 -50-inch Amateur Telescopes Offered by Orion - NewsBlaze News Telescopes big enough to rival those at many of the world's great observatories and universities are soon to be available for home use by amateur astronomers.
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The Orion 50" Dobsonian is larger than even the largest of the telescopes ever used by the Herschel?s (arguably the greatest visual observers of all time) and as of release, is the largest production telescope for amateur astronomers in the known universe.
The World’s Largest Amateur Telescope David Reneke Space and Astronomy News
A 4-inch (100mm) reflector is a good entry level for amateur astronomers seeking to observe large, bright objects in the night sky, such as the Moon and planets. Likewise, a 3.1-inch (80 mm) refractor would be ideal for amateur astronomers on a budget looking to view such deep-sky objects as star clusters galaxies.