Benefits of an ATS Membership
The ATS is an international society with members world-wide. Members contribute to the preservation of the history of telescopes and optics, and receive The Object Glass, the newsletter of the Antique Telescope Society, as well as, access to discounted registration for in-person conventions.
2023 ATS Conference
Destination
Italy
The ATS 2023 Convention Committee is very excited to announce that this year’s convention will once again be a live meeting and that, finally, after years of anticipation, we will be visiting many of the very historic and beautiful observatories and museums in Italy. One major destination will be the Vatican Observatory at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome. For more information go to https://antiquetelescopesociety.org/2023-italy/
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2022 Virtual Convention Call for Papers
The 2022 Antique Telescope Society Virtual Convention Call for Papers The 2022 Convention of the Antique Telescope Society will be held online on the weekends of November 12-13 and 19-20, using the Zoom platform once again. We had excellent...
A Tour of Optical History at the Astronomical Lyceum
A Tour of Optical History at the Astronomical Lyceum An online presentation hosted by Skyscrapers, Inc. on Zoom Presented by John Briggs Our forefathers in optics allowed a revolutionary ascendancy of American astronomy in the 19th...
Travels into Astronomical History with the ATS
Travels into Astronomical History with the ATS Presented by: Ken LumDate:2022-07-20 The principles of both refractor and reflector telescopes were invented in the 17th century as shown in my last presentation. Then, the...
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The Virtual Museum
of the
History of the Telescope
The Virtual Museum is a virtual museum of the history of the telescope that provides an interesting and valuable resource for scholars, educators, and the general public interested in the history of the telescope.