Ken Beames: Australian telescope-maker extraordinaire

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Apr 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997jbaa..107...83o&link_type=abstract

Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.107, no.2, p.83-87

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Amateur Telescope Making, Australian Astronomy, History, Biography: Beames, K.

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The New South Wales amateur astronomer, Kenneth Beames, was one of Australia=92s most accomplished telescope-makers during the 1930s, 40s and 50s, and is well known for his 610mm reflector at the Linden Observatory near Sydney. Beames was also active in BAA NSW Branch affairs during this period. Since his death in 1989, the trustees of the Linden Observatory have been trying to turn his dream into reality and convert the Observatory into an astronomical education centre.

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