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Thoughts, Construction Tips and Musing about Telescopes

    MY TELESCOPES

    OBSERVING ESSENTIALS - What you really need to get the most out of high resolution observing

    SOME THOUGHTS ON THE OPTIMUM L/P SCOPE    

    APO REFRACTORS, COMPOUND SYSTEMS and the SIMPLE NEWTONIAN    

    CALCULATING THE SIZE OF YOUR DIAGONAL and The Impact of Diagonal Surface Errors

    A Better Method of Measuring Optical Performance

    Testing Telescope Mirrors and Statement of Standards

    PYREX versus ZERODUR, SITALL, CERVIT, FUSED QUARTZ and the Whole ULE World

    A SIMPLE MIRROR CELL That gives excellent performance

    A COVER FOR YOUR DIAGONAL 

    A UNIQUE SPIDER SUPPORT That's simple to make

    CLEANING MIRRORS AND LENSES

    MOUNTING DIAGONALS AND OTHER SMALL MIRRORS WITH GOOP With new photo and response

    ROBERT F. ROYCE - A Brief Bio