At the Observatory starting at 7:30pm EDT
Basic optics, refraction, reflection, aperture, focal length, aberrations
Telescope designs and limitations
Eyepieces
Mounts
This is being completely re-written, and will now include topics like how lenses and curved mirrors work (elementary ray tracing), focal length, equivalent focal length, catadioptrics, cassegrains, Newtonians, achromats, APO's, coma, spherical and chromatic aberration.
Mounts will include different types of alt-az and equatorial designs.