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Mirror Telescopes

 
Author: Jennifer Bailey
 

Mirror telescopes are those telescopes that utilize mirrors to bring the image to your eye. Do you love stargazing and whish that you could get a closer and more vivid view of objects in the galaxy? Then what you need is a telescope. You can place your telescope on your porch or near a window and you'll get a great view of the night sky.

If you're motivated, you can even make your own telescope with the right resources. All you need are mirrors with a concave, spherical profile that will radiate light generated by stars that are reflected towards one focal point.

To do this, you need to get two pieces of round glass, one of which is the mirror blank, while the other is the tool. To ground out the mirror, situate the mirror blank right on top of the tool with water and a grinding substance in between them. Thrust the mirror blank right across the tool until it goes beyond the base piece of glass by one-third in diameter. After seven strokes, you must rotate both pieces of glass about a quarter of an inch from each other so that the other side of the mirror's faade is grounded. As a result, you get a ground concave surface from the mirror blank.

It is always best to utilize the finest grinding and polishing compounds applied on the surface of the glass. After figuring the glass surface, you are now ready to put on your crafted mirror telescope and enjoy a pleasurable stargazing experience.

 
 
 

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