Amateur Telescope Making

and Astronomy

Comet Hale-Bopp

I have a tendency to pick up a lot of hobbies. For the last few years, I have been making a telescope. It is a 12 1/2 inch Newtonian with a alt-az Dobsonian mount. The web has been a tremendous asset to ATM'ers, allowing us to share what we have learned, and to compare scopes, mounts, and work methods. I have some pix of the parts of the scope, and as I progress, I will post more, along with notes. Here also my web pages diverge from the usual layout. Construction of amateur telescopes is a real special interest type activity, so the links below are a side trip instead of part of the linear tour.

Article, Living With an Inexpensive Telescope

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