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Telescopes come in three basic styles

Refracting telescopes use lenses Refractors are either achromatic (some color distortion) or apochromatic (very little if any color distortion). Apo refractors use two or three lenses of high quality material to correct for chromatic aberration

APSU owns three refractors, one achromat and two apochromats APSU’s Refractors APSU owns three refractors, one achromat and two apochromats The Orion 100mm apochromatic refractor on a Sirius mount is kept at the observatory while the 120mm apochromat on an Atlas mount is kept on campus The 60mm achromat on a Celestron mount was purchased for the 2018 eclipse and is kept at the observatory

Reflecting telescopes use mirrors A Newtonian reflector uses a concave objective mirror and a flat secondary mirror. A Cassegrain reflector uses a concave primary and a convex secondary mirror All the really big telescopes in the world are reflectors

APSU has two types of reflectors The 8” Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain telescopes on Orion Atlas mounts are the workhorse of the department The Orion 8” Dobs is a Newtonian telescope on an alt-az mount

Catadioptric telescopes use mirrors and “lenses” APSU has two Meade LX-200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes that are currently not used Maksutov-Cassegrain Schmidt-Cassegrain

There are two general types of telescope mounts The Equatorial mount moves parallel to and perpendicular to the celestial equator The Alt-Az mount moves in altitude (height above the horizon) and azimuth (angle around the horizon)

Different types of Alt-Az mounts The Dobsonian mount, popularized by John Dobson, is inexpensive The fork alt-az mount is the standard for most catadioptric telescopes

Equatorial mounts track objects parallel to the celestial equator The Fork Equatorial mount uses a wedge to align the base parallel to the celestial equator The German Equatorial aligns one axis parallel with the celestial pole

One accessory that every telescope needs are eyepieces Since the magnification depends on the focal length of the eyepiece, you want to have three or four eyepieces.

Eyepieces come in a variety of different optical designs The differences will improve the color characteristics (no color distortion), give good eye relief (how close does your eye have to be) and apparent field of view (how exact does your eye have to be lined up to see anything).

Finder Scopes are another useful accessory Straight finders flip things upside-down. Right-angle finders give a “correct” view. Telrads and EZ Finders have no magnification.

Filters are good for clearing up sky glow, color distortion or for viewing the sun or moon

To find your way around the sky, start with a planisphere A planisphere allows you to “dial-in” your date and time to see what stars and constellations are up in the sky. They don’t give much detail, though. For that you need a star map

Star maps come in all sizes with different levels of details You can find the entire sky in a single map or an atlas of maps to cover the sky. There are also maps of the moon with varying levels of detail.

There are map books that show where the most interesting things to look at are The Messier objects are 110 celestial objects like galaxies, nebulae and clusters that were catalogued by Charles Messier in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s

There are also lots of apps for phones that guide you around the sky

Astronomical Software makes your computer a planetarium In addition to software that must be purchased, there is lots of freeware available on the internet. The freeware tends to be less sophisticated but it is free.

Magazines have lots of useful information about what’s up as well as monthly sky maps

If you want to capture the view you can use a camera You can get adapters that allow you to use a telescope as a telephoto lens for your SLR camera. You also need a remote shutter release for the camera to avoid shaking the telescope when you push the shutter button.

Other devices allow you to take a picture through the eyepiece

There are also adaptors to hold your phone for imaging

A webcam can be used to take images of the planets and moon The camera lens must be removed and a nosepiece adapter put in its place. This allows the telescope to become the telephoto lens for the camera. The individual frames of a video are then digitally stacked to correct for atmospheric distortion to make a single still image

To get images of fainter objects, a low-light security camera is used Like the webcam, the lens is removed and replaced with a nosepiece to insert it into the telescope. A video is made and then the best individual frames are selected to stack into a single image. Software is available that will do most of the work automatically.

The highest quality astronomical images are made with a CCD The CCD takes black & white images so color filters (red-green-blue) must be used to produce a color image. The sensitivity is much higher than a digital camera and the resolution is usually better, too.

Finally, you don’t want to use a regular white-light flashlight You can buy flashlights that use red LED’s or you can put red cellophane or a red filter over a regular flashlight. You don’t want to use white light because it will cause you to loose your dark adaptation making things more difficult to see.