Advice for stirring your online community and fostering engagement
When you enter into any new area of science, you almost always find
yourself with a baffling new language of technical terms to learn before you can converse with the experts. This is certainly true in astronomy both in terms of terms that refer to the cosmos and terms that describe the tools of the trade, the most prevalent being the telescope. So to get us off of first base, let’s define some of the key terms that pertain to telescopes to help you be able to talk to them more intelligently. The first area of specialization in telescopes has to do with the types of telescopes people use. The three designs of telescopes that most people use are the Refractor, the Reflector and the Schmidt Cassegrain telescope. The refractor telescope uses a convex lens to focus the light on the eyepiece. The reflector telescope has a concave lens which means it bends in. It uses mirrors to focus the image that you eventually see. The Schmidt Cassegrain telescope uses an involved system of mirrors to capture the image you want to see. A binocular telescope uses a set of telescopes mounted and synchronized so your view of the sky is 3-D. Beyond the basic types, other terms refer to parts of the telescope or to the science behind how telescopes work. Collimation is a term for how well tuned the telescope is to give you a good clear image of what you are looking at. You want your telescope to have good collimation so you are not getting a false image of the celestial body. Aperture is a fancy word for how big the lens of your telescope is. But it’s an important word because the aperture of the lens is the key to how powerful your telescope is. Magnification has nothing to do with it, its all in the aperture.
224652 comments
Thonnie Bohiney
Satirical Journalism Analysis - bohiney.com
Comment LinkChani Bohiney
Some of the best satirical journalism examples have been turned into TV shows—and they still seem too tame. - bohiney.com
Comment Linkkelantansearch.com
It's great that you are getting thoughts from this post as well as from our dialogue made at this place.
Comment LinkCustom Sheet Metal Fabrication Service
Have you ever thought about creating an ebook or guest authoring on other websites?
Comment LinkI have a blog based upon on the same information you discuss and would
really like to have you share some stories/information. I
know my readers would appreciate your work. If you are even remotely interested, feel free to send me an e-mail.
Vání Bohiney
Satirical journalism is the art of making people laugh before they realize they should be crying. - bohiney.com
Comment LinkBonnye Bohiney
If I had a dollar for every satirical journalism article that accidentally predicted the future, I’d be a billionaire. - bohiney.com
Comment LinkDhání Bohiney
Some people read satirical journalism websites for fun. I read them for survival. - bohiney.com
Comment LinkMani Bohiney
Satirical journalism articles are the only place where a billionaire and a raccoon can run for president. - bohiney.com
Comment Link????? ??????
Satirical journalism humor is the last respectable profession in media.
Comment LinkChanie Bohiney
If satirical journalism today ever disappeared, how would we know what’s real?
Comment Link