Re: OT - Any idea about this optical gadget?

2019-03-08 Thread Bulent Celasun
GREAT! Exact same thing. Thanks very much to all the Sherlocks on the list. Here are images showing how it is used: https://www.shelyak.com/produit/handheld-spectroscope/?lang=en Now that I have a hand spectroscope myself it is time to find something to scope. Bulent, feeling a lot better.

Re: OT - Any idea about this optical gadget?

2019-03-08 Thread Alan C
Well done, Sherlock! Alan C On 08-Mar-19 04:39 PM, Postmaster wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/sets/72157707409395914 I have no idea what it is but it's fascinating! If you have no luck on the PDML try posting it at https://old.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing

Re: OT - Any idea about this optical gadget?

2019-03-08 Thread Postmaster
Mark Roberts wrote: >>https://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/sets/72157707409395914 > >I have no idea what it is but it's fascinating! If you have no luck on >the PDML try posting it at https://old.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/ I posted it myself and within 10 minutes got this reply: https://w

Re: OT - Any idea about this optical gadget?

2019-03-08 Thread Bulent Celasun
They both look full spectrum. The "thickness" of the bands seem to be the same. The only difference is perhaps a slight darkening of the blue end. Fluorescent microscopes supply a rather precise wavelength light for certain studies. The specific wavelength is ensured by filters. I wonder whether a

Re: OT - Any idea about this optical gadget?

2019-03-08 Thread Bulent Celasun
>... spectroscope Highly likely. Can be part of a laboratory equipment. Strangely (for me) both ends of the tube seems to be made for eye-viewing. Perhaps this was used just part of a quality control /inspection process, rather than for measurements. Bulent --

Re: OT - Any idea about this optical gadget?

2019-03-08 Thread Toine
Maybe a spectrophotometer. If you point it up towards a blue sky maybe the rainbow isnt full spectrum and the second one is full spectrum? On Thu, 7 Mar 2019, 19:55 Bulent Celasun, wrote: > I've found this tubular thing (9 - 22 cm in length, about 2 cm in > diameter) in a thrift store. > > There

Re: OT - Any idea about this optical gadget?

2019-03-08 Thread David Mann
I'm wondering if it's some sort of spectroscope. Cheers, Dave > On Mar 8, 2019, at 7:01 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote: > > MArk, Matthew, > > Thank you both for your interest and help. > I am pleased you also found this gadget intriguing. > > First, I must correct a typo for future generations who

Re: OT - Any idea about this optical gadget?

2019-03-07 Thread Bulent Celasun
MArk, Matthew, Thank you both for your interest and help. I am pleased you also found this gadget intriguing. First, I must correct a typo for future generations who will look into this case: >I've found this tubular thing (9 - 22 cm in length, It is 9-11 cm in length. Matthew, your suggestion l

Re: OT - Any idea about this optical gadget?

2019-03-07 Thread Matthew Hunt
The tiny prism makes me think of an off-axis guider for a telescope (the prism functions as a mirror, diverting some of the light near the edge of the field-of-view to an eyepiece or guide camera, while most of the light goes to the main camera). See: http://www.atscope.com.au/astrophoto.html Spec

Re: OT - Any idea about this optical gadget?

2019-03-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Bulent Celasun wrote: >I've found this tubular thing (9 - 22 cm in length, about 2 cm in >diameter) in a thrift store. > >There is a single lens in each end. > >It has moveable parts like a mirror that rotates 360 degrees around >the tube. During part of this travel it faces an oval hole on tube's

OT - Any idea about this optical gadget?

2019-03-07 Thread Bulent Celasun
I've found this tubular thing (9 - 22 cm in length, about 2 cm in diameter) in a thrift store. There is a single lens in each end. It has moveable parts like a mirror that rotates 360 degrees around the tube. During part of this travel it faces an oval hole on tube's wall where one can see a tiny