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How to Make a Star Finder
by Capt. John E. Fox - former assistant Professor of astronomy in the Dept. of Earth, Space, and Graphic Science at the U. S. Military Academy West Point
You will receive this Original Five-Page How-to Build Article / Plan shown below. It was removed from a 1961 magazine
Excerpt: "Four dials do all the brainwork when you use this table-top star finder - no need for paper-and-pencil figuring. Given four facts, you can quickly seek out and identify heavenly bodies that otherwise you might never see."
"This star finder is also a seven-power telescope. Low magnification provides a generous field of view - about six degrees in diameter - making it easier to locate the sky objects you're seeking. It also makes the stars some 40x brighter than when viewed with the naked eye. It also lets you see certain star clusters, nebulae, and some of the nearby galaxies - and it makes a fine satellite tracker. It's easy to operate, simple and inexpensive to build."
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