@einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyz • 9 hours agoIt pains to admit but i got Bird Jones'ed when buying my first telescopesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down16
arrow-up161arrow-down1imageIt pains to admit but i got Bird Jones'ed when buying my first telescopesh.itjust.works@einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyz • 9 hours agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-square@einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilink20•9 hours agoIts like a newtownian just that it has a spherical mirror (cheaper to make) and uses a corrective lens in front of the eyepeace.
minus-square@Forester@yiffit.netlinkfedilink38•edit-28 hours agoIt’s an inferior telescope with a cheap mirror and built in contacts lenses to make it work
minus-square@keckbug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink9•6 hours agoAs with nearly everything in astronomic optics, it’s named after people associated with its creation. Robert Jones and Thomas Bird are the two in this case. Here’s a thread on Cloudy nights with good info.
Its like a newtownian just that it has a spherical mirror (cheaper to make) and uses a corrective lens in front of the eyepeace.
Alright, now explain it.
It’s an inferior telescope with a cheap mirror and built in contacts lenses to make it work
Awesome ELI5. Now… why is it called that?
As with nearly everything in astronomic optics, it’s named after people associated with its creation. Robert Jones and Thomas Bird are the two in this case. Here’s a thread on Cloudy nights with good info.
Guy named Bird, guy names Jones.
Okay okay
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But why were their last names that?