Telescopes

Telescopes are among the most popular items in a museum. Basically, everyone likes to see the time line of advancement in Astronomy. Telescopes also play a good part in observational events on the playground of museums. During the day, solar telescope is very popular, and during the nights, Saturn, Jupiter, and the moon are the popular objects to view in the skies. More sophisticated demonstrations are intended for adults like adaptive optics, and stellar spectroscopy. As an optical engineer, I find the development of doublet (Achromatic objective) in older telescopes very interesting.

Leica Televid 20~60X Spoting Scope

Early 1900's Brass Telescope

Leopold Scope

90 mm H-Alpha Solar Telescope

Taylor Hubson

Celesctron C11 with Composite Tube

Celestron C8

Optomex

Download Oct-Dec 2018 of Optomechanix covering the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)