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Solid tube
commercial Dobsonians typically have a
maximum aperture of 12
inches (305 mm) due to the size of the tube.
Truss Dobsonians of 12 to 18 inches...
- 2008, Sky-Watcher has
manufactured Dobsonians with
collapsible tubes, a
product line they call Flex Tube-
Dobsonians. Sky-Watcher
products include telescopes...
-
January 2014) was an
American amateur astronomer and is best
known for the
Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost
Newtonian reflector telescope. He was...
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Beginner telescopes:
Altazimuth mounts are
cheap and
simple to use.
Dobsonian telescopes: John
Dobson po****rized a
simplified altazimuth mount design...
- perform; for
example Solar telescopes are all
designs that look at the Sun,
Dobsonian telescopes are
designed to be low cost and portable,
Aerial telescopes...
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Certain designs used by
amateur telescope makers,
specifically truss tube
Dobsonians that use a
single truss, are
sometimes called "Serrurier truss" designs...
- observatory.
There are
several telescopes on-site,
including portable Dobsonians, a
permanently mounted Hydrogen-Alpha
solar telescope, and the primary...
- with a
slightly textured laminate,
makes the
plain bearing system of a
Dobsonian telescope. PTFE is
widely used as a non-stick
coating for food processing...
-
elegant designs such as the
Poncet Platform,
Crayford focuser, and the
Dobsonian telescope have evolved,
which achieve functionality and
stability without...
- are
often used with
altazimuth mounted telescopes, such as the
common Dobsonian telescope type, to
overcome that type of mount's
inability to
track the...
