A Tiny Reflecting Telescope For Portable Astronomy
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alt=""/>For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on 
alt=""/>For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on Hackaday
A Tiny Reflecting Telescope For Portable Astronomy
For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own dome...
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A Tiny Reflecting Telescope For Portable Astronomy
For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own dome...
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