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An Amateur Telescope Maker's Projects - http://www.foothill.net/~sayre/
Articles on various telescope designs. |
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Amateur Telescope Makers (ATM) Archives - http://astro.umsystem.edu/atm/
To disseminate knowledge, experiences, ideas, and resources. |
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San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers: Building Telescopes - http://www.sfsidewalkastronomers.org/index.php?page=building-telescopes
Plans and how-to's for building a Dobsonian telescope, solar filter, and mirror-making techniques. |
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ATM - Amateur Telescope Making - http://home.wanadoo.nl/jhm.vangastel/Astronomy/
Information on telescope building, equatorial platform, scotch mount, and binocular mount, and information how to let a Dobsonian telescope move smoothly. |
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Computer Operated Telescopes - http://www.bbastrodesigns.com/cot/cot.html#CONTENTS
Features plans and designs for stepper or servo motor layouts as well as features, free software, how-to information, and links. |
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The ATM's Workshop - http://www.atm-workshop.com/
Areas covered include optics, woodworking, metalworking, electronics, programming, and telescope equipment, and tips and techniques. |
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Dan Bakken and Hercules - http://www.runway.net/pilots/dan/welcome.html
World's largest portable amateur telescope, 41.2" Newtonian reflector with pictures of the telescope and during construction. |
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Got Grit? - http://www.gotgrit.com/
Telescope mirror making supplies and tutorials. |
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Making and Motorizing of Telescope - http://koti.phnet.fi/lottaki/
Construction of small newtonian and Mel Bartels system for computer control. |
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Mirror Making and Other Activities by Laurie Hall - http://www.turbofast.com.au/astrotel/
Mirror making, the equipment and testing equipment. |
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The Amateur Telescope Makers Email List - http://www.atmlist.net/
FAQ, managing a subscription, and archives. |
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Scope Making - http://www.scopemaking.net
Plans and instructions for building a Dobsonian, refractor, wooden tripod, eyepieces and other accessories. |
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Poor Meadow Dyke Observatory - http://www.pmdo.com/atm.htm
Construction details with images of Dobsonian, GEM reflector, portable Dobsonian, 20" goto scope, dome, and 20" goto Dobsonian. |
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Dave's ATM Page - http://www.mindspring.com/~davebevel/
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. |
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Foucault Tester - http://pages.interlog.com/~kdel/
Building a tester with a unique return mechanism, simplistic in design and very practical, enables the user to obtain highly accurate results. |
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Shane LaPierre's ATM Pages - http://www.ct-astronomer.com
20" Dobsonian, 8" versatile newt, cookbook 245 CCD, equipment, images, logs, and links. |
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Astronomy and Telescope Making - http://www.btinternet.com/~mike.hanlon/
List of projects, mirror testing, do it yourself projects, CCD imaging and techniques, and Messier observations. |
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Astral Weeks - http://www.astralweeks.org/
Construction of reflector, refractor, and mini solar cam with images, and astro images. |
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The Construction - Littlebear Observatory - http://www.littlebear-observatory.com/construction.htm
Information and photos on the construction of the observatory. |
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Al's Custom Telescope Accessories - http://www.alsastro.com/
Oak tripod, tripod accessories, leg kits, feedback, and links. |