Products/Services for Portable Telescope Piers
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Piers and Docks - (38 companies)Piers and docks are structural walk paths over water. The lighter structure of piers and docks allows tides and currents to flow almost unhindered, whereas the more solid foundations of a quay or closely-spaced piles of a wharf can act...
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Telescopes - (59 companies)Telescopes are lens assemblies designed to magnify and view distant objects. Telescopes are lens assemblies that are designed to magnify and view distant objects. Telescopes include small devices such as spotting scopes for viewing wildlife...
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Ladders - (508 companies)...and transportation, and so that the ladder can be lengthened for use. A pulley system can allow the ladder can be easily extended by an operator on the ground. Telescoping ladders - Telescoping ladders are a hybrid between step ladders and extension...
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Telescope Repair Services - (4 companies)Telescope repair services refurbish telescopes to their original operating specifications. Telescope repair providers service, refurbish and maintain optical telescopes. Typical repairs for telescopes are to incoming lenses that have suffered from...
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Handheld and Portable Computers - (359 companies)Handheld computers are portable devices including notebook and subnotebook computers, palmtops, and PDAs. Handheld and portable computers are small, lightweight computers that are designed to be operated while held by hand or from a desk or tabletop...
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Ground Protection Mats and Portable Roadway - (21 companies)Ground protection mats and portable roadways are temporary material installations that reduce damage to underlying surfaces from traffic and also provide better traction for equipment and individuals. Ground protection mats and portable roadway...
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Platforms and Walkways - (383 companies)Platforms and walkways are equipment access structures that enable regular maintenance and inspection activites at elevated workspaces. Systems incorporate structural supports, walking surface decking or planks, framing, hardware, and accessories such as handrails, access gates, stairs, ladders, and kick plates.
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Hooks - (297 companies)Hooks are load-transmitting components that are most often used in conjunction with chains and other equipment. Products are designated as eye hooks, clevis hooks, or grab hooks and are used to connect lifting and rigging attachments.
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Masts (drilling rig) - (13 companies)Masts are portable load-bearing structures used to support and position the drill string. Masts perform a similar function to that of derricks, but are typically pre-assembled and mounted on a frame, whereas derricks are anchored to the corners...
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Light Towers - (106 companies)Light Towers are portable lighting devices that are used to illuminate work areas. These products are commonly towable and provide their own power source. Light towers are portable lighting solutions containing an array of electric lamps affixed...
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Avantier Inc.
Ritchey-Chrétien Telescopes Ritchey-Chr etien Telescopes. The Ritchey-Chr etien telescope is a specialized reflecting telescope within the Cassegrain optical system, featuring hyperbolic primary and secondary mirrors. This design effectively reduces optical errors like spherical aberration and coma, which are common in traditional reflecting telescopes. The Ritchey-Chr etien optical design enhances off-axis image quality and offers a wider field of view, although it does not fully eliminate field curvature and astigmatism... (read more) -
Mechanical Research & Design, Inc.
72IN TELESCOPING BYPASS - Custom Solution Telescoping Bypass - Mechanical Research & Design, Inc. | Custom Sealing Solutions... (read more)Browse Water Control Gates Datasheets for Mechanical Research & Design, Inc. -
C-Flex Bearing Co., Inc.
WISE Telescope, With C-Flex Bearings Inside WISE Telescope, With C-Flex Bearings Inside, Re-Entering Atmosphere. After a decade of groundbreaking exploration, NASA has sent the final command to the NEOWISE space telescope, marking the end of its asteroid-hunting mission. This incredible spacecraft, originally launched as the WISE space telescope, has provided valuable data about asteroids, stars, and galaxies. At the core of its success are the high-precision C-Flex bearings, which ensured smooth operation and stability throughout its... (read more)Browse Plain Bearings and Sleeve Bearings Datasheets for C-Flex Bearing Co., Inc. -
MOK Optics Co., Ltd.
Optical Glass BK7 Amici Roof Prism For Telescope or other optical errors. Non-dispersive vs. dispersive types: Non-dispersive: This type of Amici roof prism is often used in optical devices that need to maintain image direction and positioning, such as telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes, endoscopes, and profile projectors. Dispersive: Made up of two triangular prisms with different refractive indices (usually crown glass and Flint glass), they can disperse light according to wavelength. They are often used in spectrometers and handheld... (read more)Browse Optical Prisms Datasheets for MOK Optics Co., Ltd. -
Smiths Interconnect
Euclid Space Telescope - Dark Universe exploration into how it has expanded and how its structure has evolved throughout cosmic history. A noteworthy achievement was celebrated as the Euclid team recently completed a critical focusing procedure. The images obtained during this process have already provided valuable insights into the beauty of the universe, generating anticipation for the mission's outcomes. Euclid, a specialised space telescope designed exclusively for astronomical purposes, serves as a testament to human ingenuity and the pursuit... (read more)Browse Heavy Duty Rectangular Connectors Datasheets for Smiths Interconnect -
Hilliard Corporation (The)
Portable Filters HILCO Portable Filters offer reliable, convenient-to-use, off-line filtration that permit industrial fluid reuse and help keep equipment clean. Filters are ideal for reservoirs and batch filtration of fluids where one mobile filter can serve many work stations.\. Applications: The Hilco Portable Filters are used to condition synthetic lubricating hydraulic fluids. Click here for more information, including product literature. (read more)Browse Filtration Equipment Datasheets for Hilliard Corporation (The) -
Vaughan Co., Inc.
Portable Pumps The Vaughan Company offers a series of portable bypass pump package options that can be used for tough solids reduction applications or low shear solids handling in temporary or permanent situations. We supply our pumps on a trailer or skid mounted platform powered by either diesel, hydraulic or electric drive motors. Contact Vaughan to get moving today. FEATURES. Open or enclosed "sound attenuated" options available. Constructed with Vaughan's proprietary Mechanical Cartridge Seal. Seal oil... (read more)Browse Centrifugal Pumps Datasheets for Vaughan Co., Inc. -
inTEST Thermal Solutions
Thermonics Portable Fluid Chillers Thermonics portable chillers for of recirculating heat transfer fluids at temperatures as low as -80 C. Available in both air-cooled and water-cooled models with cooling capacities up to 4.7 kW at -60 C. These small-footprint systems are equipped with swivel casters and handles for mobility throughout lab and production environments. (read more)Browse Chillers (industrial) Datasheets for inTEST Thermal Solutions -
Panametrics
Portable Flow Meters The portables line from Panametrics, a Baker Hughes business, offers both ultrasonic liquid and gas clamp-on flow meters: The TransPort PT878GC for gas; and the TransPort PT900 for liquid. These ultrasonic flow meters utilize ultrasound to measure the velocity of a given fluid or gas - also known as "flow" - and are used in a wide variety of fluid and gas applications, from wastewater and various fuels to natural gas and compressed air. These meters attach to pipe fixtures to measure the flow... (read more)Browse Flow Meters Datasheets for Panametrics -
Norlok Technology, Inc.
Watson Portable Clinching Machine The Watson from Norlok Technology offers all the benefits of clinching in a lightweight version that gives you the portability you need. This compact clinching machine is easy to handle, requires only shop air to operate and can fasten up to two ply 14 gauge material. It is available in both heavy (2-ply 10g max) and medium duty (2-ply 14g max) versions. Features: Light weight-for great portability. Two hand operaton-for greater operator safety. Simple tool adjustments-little or no setup time... (read more)
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Jupiter and How to Observe It
A strong German-equatorial mount on a portable pier , made to carry a heavy telescope .
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MicroObservatory Net: A Network of Automated Remote Telescopes Dedicated to Educational Use
Portable telescopes need to be aligned; permanent telescopes have piers and need alignment only once.
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A novel apparatus to measure reflected sunlight from the Moon
The telescope sits on a Paramount ME robotic mount and Pyramid Portable Pier , and is controlled with TheSkyX Pro commercial software.
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Large phase angle observations of GEO satellites
The telescope is mounted on Software Bisque’s Paramount MME on a portable pier as pictured in Figure 3.
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Building a Roll-Off Roof Observatory
Saddle holes 83 Saddles 45, 66, 67, 68, 69, 76, 91 Saw kerf 49, 87 Sawhorse 103 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope 29, 52 Scrap yard 58 … … Steel caster track 91 Steel pier 10 Steel roofing 113 … … 104 Styrofoam 77 Super Portable Observatory 25 .
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Choosing and Using a New CAT
… 14-inch onto its tripod by themselves, usually with the aid of a portable hoist of some … Instead, be prepared to provide an observatory for this telescope and have a buddy handy to help heft the scope onto a good, solid pier , where it will remain.
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Setting-up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction
The observatory is equipped with a 0.5 m (20 in.) Dobsonian telescope for visual observing, and … There is also a 15 cm (6 in.) Helios achromatic refractor on an undriven German mounting on a semi-permanent pier , and a 10 cm (4 in.) Televue Genesis apochromatic refractor on a portable Gibraltar mount.
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Astrophotography on the Go
Some amateur astronomers have home observatories with their telescopes permanently sitting on top of a sturdy pier . However, most amateurs use movable or portable telescopes that have either an azimuth or equatorial mount on …
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Building a Roll-Off Roof or Dome Observatory
Considering the tools and materials that are required to build the observatory, access by vehicle is important, particularly when a cement truck is available to pour the slab and telescope pier . The use of a portable gas or tractor-driven cement mixer is quite acceptable but the provision …
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Atmospheric turbulence monitoring at DLR
Main constituents are platform, pier , tubular frame, shock absorbers, portable dome, power generator, and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) as well as the secondary instruments GPS receiver (for position and time) and weather station. The telescope together with additional optical and electronic hardware is mounted on a platform which is very …