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Web sites that I have found that a useful for general eyepiece description and explanation.

• Evolution of the Astronomical Eyepiece www.brayebrookobservatory.org/BrayObsWebSite/BOOKS/EVOLUTIONofEYEPIECES.pdf www.brayebrookobservatory.org/BrayObsWebSite/BOOKS/EVOLUTIONofEYEPIECES.pdf This link will lead you to the Bayerbrook Observatory's PDF, by Chris Lord "The Evolution of the Astronomical Eyepiece", a great read and description of the various eyepiece designs and evolution. Posted November 30, 2012 at 5:40 PM

• Telescope Simulator www.telescope-simulator.com/ www.telescope-simulator.com/ This is a useful website allows you to compare various eyepieces and focal length telescopes, and simulates views of the Moon and Saturn. Posted November 30, 2012 at 5:44 PM

• Wikipedia's Entry on Telescope Eyepieces en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyepiece en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyepiece A very informative primer on the telescope eyepiece with illustrations. Posted November 30, 2012 at 5:47 PM

• Telescope Eyepieces www.quadibloc.com/science/opt04.htm www.quadibloc.com/science/opt04.htm A very good description of most eyepieces with illustrations of eyepiece design, lens arrangement and types of glass used. Posted November 30, 2012 at 5:51 PM

• Cloudy Nights Telescope Review www.cloudynights.com www.cloudynights.com A very informative discussion forum, dealing with almost any astronomy topic. Posted December 14, 2012 at 12:17 PM

• Stellarium www.stellarium.org/ www.stellarium.org/ Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go. Posted December 31, 2012 at 9:45 AM

• The Superior Works: Patrick's Blood and Gore www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan1.htm www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan1.htm Did you ever want to know anything about hand planes? This site documents every model of Stanley non-currrent hand planes. Posted February 7, 2013 at 12:50 PM

• Lie_Nielsen Toolworks www.lie-nielsen.com/index.php www.lie-nielsen.com/index.php Oh be still my beating heart... Posted February 25, 2013 at 11:59 PM