Open Directory - Science: Astronomy: Amateur: Amateur Telescope Making
See also: - Equatorial table, hydraulic focusing system, stepper motor electronic controls, hydraulic drive, advice to build a telescope, and beginners corner. - Information acquired during design and construction of a 7.5" aperture F8. - Electronic based Journal with current issue, past issues, and archives. - Oak tripod, tripod accessories, leg kits, feedback, and links. - Articles on various telescope designs. - Construction of reflector, refractor, and mini solar cam with images, and astro images. - List of projects, mirror testing, do it yourself projects, CCD imaging and techniques, and Messier observations. - Description, photographs, rebuilding of telescope, making simple lens for reflector, and links. - Features plans and designs for stepper or servo motor layouts as well as features, free software, how-to information, and links. - Information to add altitude-azimuth controller and unipolar stepper motor controller to a telescope, and directions with drawings and images of individual parts for a ten inch scope. - Building a tester with a unique return mechanism, simplistic in design and very practical, enables the user to obtain highly accurate results. - Telescope mirror making supplies and tutorials. - Background, raw materials, and the manufacturing process with references. - Construction of small newtonian and Mel Bartels system for computer control. - Photos and descriptions of binocular stand, several telescopes, solar camera, and links for parts. - Mirror making, the equipment and testing equipment. - Construction details with images of Dobsonian, GEM reflector, portable Dobsonian, 20" goto scope, dome, and 20" goto Dobsonian. - Plans and how-to's for building a Dobsonian telescope, solar filter, and mirror-making techniques. - Plans and instructions for building a Dobsonian, refractor, wooden tripod, eyepieces and other accessories. - 20" Dobsonian, 8" versatile newt, cookbook 245 CCD, equipment, images, logs, and links. - Simple and proven techniques that most appropriate for the beginner and the novice mirror and telescope makers. - Personal log of making a 10 inch Newtonian telescope and mirror, including pictures. - Repository for resources and techniques by chronological, keyword, or author. - Areas covered include optics, woodworking, metalworking, electronics, programming, and telescope equipment, and tips and techniques. - FAQ, managing a subscription, and archives. - Information and photos on the construction of the observatory. - Documents design and building of an observatory for NexStar11 GPS telescope with images. - Features several unique solutions for telescope issues with images.
