How I used the right type of Barlow to focus a DSLR on a small Newtonian telescope.
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Bill, Optics Central’s resident birdwatcher and all-round optics nerd, explains prisms in binoculars. He starts with how Porro prisms which are found in the traditional shaped binoculars work. Then, he goes into more complex roof-type prisms. These roof prisms are the ones you’ll find in the more modern “straight through” design of binoculars. Binoculars, including […]
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Awesome Facts About Mars!
Wondering what you should be looking out for on Mars? Here is an infographic that picks out some famous spots for you. We’ve also included some awesome facts that may explain why we’re all so fascinated with this “red planet”. More Awesome Facts About Mars… Not all the facts made it to our infographic as […]
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UFO Hunting Starter Guide
Famous People With Moon Craters Named After Them – Optics Central Many famous astronomers, physicists, scientists, mathematician and philosophers are given a moon crater to be named after. Here is our attempt in mapping it all out on an infographic, to correlated famous people in history with the moon.
This infographic offers a simple and friendly explanation of Moon Phases with the help of Oreo Cookies! I can’t think of a better way to learn about Moon Phases… by OpticsCentral
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Your Guide To Telescopes
by OpticsCentral
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Bushnell Legend Binoculars
Tested the Bushnell Legend HD 8x42s on one of my trips to Bright (Victoria) for some birdwatching. I love enjoyed the clarity and well tuned focus dial. One of the positives about this pair is the brightness it produces in the foresty, low light areas. The Bushnell Legend Ultra gave me a bright and three-dimensional […]
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Space Missions and their Robots
Space Missions: Popular Orbiters, Rovers, Robots and Fictional Space Vehicles infographic by mhars. A fun infographic which feature real spacecrafts and robots plus famous fictional robots and spacecrafts from pop culture. This infographic has a 50s movie poster style, which reflects the society’s fascination with space and aliens during that period of time.