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Dobsonian telescope, an Uncommon card
A Dobsonian telescope is an altazimuth-mounted Newtonian telescope design popularized by John Dobson in 1965 and credited with vastly increasing the size of telescopes available to amateur astronomers.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 32,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Dobsonian telescope quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dobsonian telescope card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ is optimized for observing faint deep-sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies.
Answer
design. The design is optimized for observing faint deep-sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies. From the Dobsonian telescope article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A Dobsonian telescope is an altazimuth-mounted Newtonian telescope design popularized by John Dobson in ____ and credited with vastly increasing the size of telescopes available to amateur astronomers.
Answer
1960s. A Dobsonian telescope is an altazimuth-mounted Newtonian telescope design popularized by John Dobson in 1965 and credited with vastly increasing the size of telescopes available to amateur astronomers. From the Dobsonian telescope article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Max Papis. Max Papis 83 · Golf ball 74 · Dobsonian telescope 71 · Exposure 67 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Dobson's telescopes featured a simplified mechanical design that was easy to manufacture from readily available components to create a large, portable, low-cost telescope.
- The design is optimized for observing faint deep-sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies.
- This type of observation requires a large objective diameter of relatively short focal length and portability for travel to less light-polluted locations.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dobsonian telescope article was read about 32,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Dobsonian telescope
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Text : Wikipedia, Dobsonian telescope (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Halfblue, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
