How does a telescope work?
daisie_h asked:
I recently bought a Venture RX 9 telescope. it didn’t come with the manual/instructions or a cd rom. i know the very basics of telescopes. if anyone has info on this type of telescope please help.
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I recently bought a Venture RX 9 telescope. it didn’t come with the manual/instructions or a cd rom. i know the very basics of telescopes. if anyone has info on this type of telescope please help.
October 30th, 2009 at 2:43 am
A mother len collect light from an object and then focus the light to a small point on a another len(eye piece). Mr Sunset
November 1st, 2009 at 1:11 pm
First, is it a reflector or refracting telescope, I will explain, a reflecting telescope uses a concave mirror to gather light then there is and angil mirror near the top of the telescope, the mirror focuses the light onto the angle mirror which reflects the light through the eye peace, that is a reflecting telescope, now for the refracting telescope, it has a lines at the front that gathers the light and focuses the light into the eye peace at the other end of the telescope.
The mirror and the front lens gather the light, the eye peaces multiply the light to give you a closer and larger view on the object you are viewing. Stom
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:02 am
This is a standard 114mm diameter Newtonian reflector. These instructions for a similar scope should get you started. For more information see NightWatch byTerence Dickinson and The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide by Dickinson and Dyer, both published by Firefly. Geoff G
November 5th, 2009 at 11:51 am
First, set it up so that the telescope equatoral mount polar axis align with the Earth’s rotational axis to North. This is important as the Earth spins, the object moves away from the view, you only need to adjust the Declination Axis.
Use a computer program star chart to locate the object, choose the equatorial coordinate system. Adjust your telescope to point to the desired location, then use the view finder to locate the object. Once it is located, start with the lowest power of eyepiece, then change to higher power if desired. an