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- Title
Cosmic Contemplations: A Simple, Portable Geodesic-dome Observatory.
- Authors
Jim Chung
- Abstract
The article presents information on the spherical design of observatory domes. It has been informed that spherical design become prevalent due to various engineering advantages related to it including its light weight, strength and minimal surface area. It also provides methods to prepare observatory dome, which is basically composed of about equal triangles whose vertices lie on the surface of a sphere.
- Subjects
OBSERVATORY domes; OBSERVATORIES -- Design &; construction; METEOROLOGICAL stations; GEOPHYSICAL observatories; ASTRONOMY
- Publication
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 2012, Vol 106, Issue 5, p215
- ISSN
0035-872X
- Publication type
Article