I've been surfing some china websites and decided to compile this list for the convenience of others.
折射镜 Refractor
施卡 Schmidt-cassegrain
马卡 Maksutov-cassegrain
牛反 Newtonian reflector
卡塞格林 Cassegrain
焦距 Focal length
光轴 Collimation
像场 TFOV
广角目镜 Wide-angle eyepiece
目视 Visual
色差 Chromatic abberation
多层镀膜 Multi-coated
宽带绿膜 Broadband coatings
双筒 Binoculars
赤道仪 Equatorial mount
经纬仪 Altazimuth mount
微调 Micro-adjustment
三脚架 Tripod legs
铝合金 Aluminium alloy
小黑 150mm F5 newtonian SW branded
主镜 OTA
物镜 Objective lens
物镜座 Lens cell
双分离 Air-spaced
双胶合 Cemented-lens
无齿调焦座 Crayford focuser
有齿 Rack-and-pinion focuser
螺纹 Helical focuser
天顶镜 Star diagonal
正像镜 Correct-image diagonal
直角寻星镜 Right-angle finderscope
双目头 Binoviewer
巴罗 增倍镜 Barlow lens
遮光罩 Baffle or Dew shade
光阑 Baffle rings
激光准直器 Laser collimator
校准目镜 Cheshire eyepiece
滤光镜 Filter
三脚架防震垫 Vibration suppression pads
鸠尾板 燕尾板 Dovetail bar
In general the higher end scopes and accessories aren't cheaper than north-america and european price because the export market have bigger sales volume.
The smaller accessories like plossl eyepieces , diagonals, collimators are surprisingly cheap under $30 on Taobao. Vibration pads are barely $13.
Common astro equipment terms English-Chinese translation
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Re: Common astro equipment terms English-Chinese translation
Nice share. Thanks. Wonder what's dobsonian in chinese.
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email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
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- Favourite scope: maksutov
Re: Common astro equipment terms English-Chinese translation
No direct translation, they call it 牛DOB , DOB牛反 or simply 牛反.Gary wrote:Nice share. Thanks. Wonder what's dobsonian in chinese.
Source: astronomy.com.cn forum
Re: Common astro equipment terms English-Chinese translation
Thanks! No wonder this kind of telescope 真的很牛 (is really good)!
http://www.astro.sg
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
Re: Common astro equipment terms English-Chinese translation
I've seen sites calling it "杜甫森" (Taiwan) or "多布森" (China).Gary wrote:Nice share. Thanks. Wonder what's dobsonian in chinese.