Summary: Here is a fun and compact telescope that's sure to inspire the whole family's natural inclination to explore. The Orion StarBlast 4.5 Altazimuth Reflector Telescope is no toy - it's a real tabletop telescope that is wonderfully simple to set up and use! A great compact grab-and-go telescope designed for entry-level and intermediate astronomy enthusiasts. Stable tabletop base provides smooth...

Format: three dimensional object

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Sight and Sound Equipment, Call number: Reflector telescope

Pendergrast, Mark.

Contents: The mirror of the soul -- Magic visions -- Fields of light -- The rational mirror -- Looking-glass literature -- A new way of seeing -- Grasping the universe -- Kaleidoscopic light waves -- Big eye -- The vanity business -- Celestial radios, divine x-rays -- Beyond Palomar -- Final reflections : illusions and realities.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 535.323 PEN

Summary: "George Ellery Hale's epic quest to unravel the secrets of the cosmos, culminating with the construction in the 1930s and '40s of his million-pound 'Glass Giant' of Palomar--the Hale 200-inch Telescope"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2008

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOU