The definition and meaning of Radiation In physics, Radiation is the emission of energy and waves or atomic and subatomic particles through space or through a material. It can be natural (e.g. radiation from sun) or man-made (e.g. radiation from a cell phone or computer). It was first discovered over a century ago by the […]
What is an Equatorial Platform?
The slideshow attempts to explain simply how the idea of an Equatorial tracking Platform is derived from a classical driven Equatorial mount. Essentially a tracking platform converts your Dobsonian mounted telescope into a motor driven polar aligned Equatorially mounted telescope system. Many hundreds of these Equatorial Platforms have been built for Dobsonian mounted telescopes, and […]