Amateur telescope making journal
American Astronomical Society. Then you can also join the ranks of other awesome people on the Wall of Awesome Amateur Astronomers! Their advertisements connect you with suppliers of ATM materials and services. No regular ATM section or column, but there are occasional telescope making articles. Texereau was a professional astronomical optician and his book is considered the most authoritative and detailed by many. For the hobby, see Amateur telescope making. You can don't be intimidated, these aren't as hard as they sound!
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When we arrived, I learned that there was no stand to go with it. As telescope maker you will be best informed and will be able to design professional your telescopes. After one leisurely evening in my workshop, I had a 4-inch refractor on a homemade base sitting atop an old surveyor's tripod, and was ready for the next clear night. I do not recall my wife of 44 years ever having more than a peek through any of my telescopes. It will both arouse your curiosity and answer your questions. Which are the best? I just wanted something to look through and have some fun with when the clouds and temperature would permit.
Jim's Home Planet
Description: The Genesis is an TeleVue mm f5 design introduced in but it has since replaced by even more advanced models. I just figured it was another one of those gimmicks to part a sucker from his hard earned money. This is a great way to be introduced to what is about to become your favorite magazine. I will be 73 in June, and when I look back to the days when I was an avid telescope maker or assembler I can't recall spending nearly as much time observing the heavens as I spent in hauling the things around to show people and tell them how I made them from plate glass, plywood, and old plumbing parts. Now that I have this little hot-dog refractor, she is with me just about every time I set it up and it has been the launching pad for many a fine, and sometimes overdue, conversation.
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