Weird Telescopes - Showcased here are a variety of solutions by individuals in search of the perfect image. These instruments all seem strange: the need to use mirrors while keeping them from shadowing each other gives these telescopes odd geometries. Come join the quest.Plans For Building A Dobsonian Telescope - The San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers bring you complete plans for building a Dobsonian telescope.
Amateur Telescope Maker's (ATM) ArchivesThe ATM Page - A WWW Resource for Amateur Telescope Making
Mike's Home Planet - Amateur astronomy, telescope making, CB 245 CCD camera, astro imaging with a quickcam, and wide angle astrophotography.
Mel Bartels' Home Page - ATM and links
Motorize Your Telescope - A detailed plan for motorizing a Dobsonian mount telescope.
Bruce Sayre's home page - A telescope maker's projects
Amateur Observatories -
Official home of Tex - Popular, free, mirror testing software.
Dan Bakken and Hercules - The builder of the world's largest portable amateur telescope, Hercules, presents this 41.2" Newtonian reflector. The site has many pictures of the scope and its construction.
Cookbook CCD camera Home Page - For amateur astronomers who want to build the Cookbook CCD camera.
Thoughts on Building a Dobsonian - By Steve Scampini
ATM Resources - Links to sites with ATM resources and projects.
home-dome.com - Homemade fully powered dome and 8 inch Newtonian telescope. Pictures animated gifs and maps. UFO photographs, stellar, planetary, and lunar pictures.
100% Do-it-yourself Astronomical Site - Telescope making, night sky photography, astronomical experiments, electronics for astronomy.
Mike Stebbins Home Page - Information on Mike Stebbins big (.5 meter +) Dobsonian telescope.
ATM Journal - Publication focusing on how to make telescopes. Published by the Amateur Telescope Makers Association.
Copernicus Kintaro Observatory - This is an amateur observatory that has undergone many changes (which are catalogued on the web page). The observatory specializes in the Dog Star!
Construction and Comparative Testing of a Ten-Inch Dobsonian Telescope - Building, testing, and comparing a ten-inch dobsonian with an 80mm refractor and an eight-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain.
Dobsonian Evolution - A links page with images and short descriptions of compact, ultralight, and motorized Dobsonian telescopes.
Motorized 5" Telescope - A small newtonian telescope is constructed. Mel Bartels system used for computer control.
MODAS - Modern Optical Design and Analysis Software - Tools for most types of amateur telescopes.
Building the Club Telescope - an article by Dave Scherping of the Prairie Astronomy Club.
Umbrian Astronomical Association - Todi Astronomical Observatory - The first site devoted to Italian Amateur Telescope Making.
Two Examples of Homemade Telescopes. - An 8-inch and a 4.25-inch Newtonian telescopes are shown. Both have equatorial mountings. Both Newtonian telescopes and mountings are homemade.
Building Telescopes on Planet S - A collection of ATM links.
I and my Telescope - Amateur telescope making, mirror grinding.
Skyview Deluxe GOTO - This site details how to turn your SVD mount into a GOTO mount. Detailed instructions are here, kits are available.
Got Grit? - Telescope mirror making supplies. Grit, pitch, dental stone, grit kits and complete grinding kits with pre-cut tile mats.
My minidome Observatory - A small domed observatory suitable for flat roofs, minivans, or adding to small back yard enclosures. A flexible design.
Scott's Astronomy and Amateur Telescope Making - Building medium aperture Dobsonian telescopes. Also a resource for sidewalk astronomers.
The Northern Observer - Amateur astronomy and telescope making, astronomy photographs.
Amateur Telescope Making and Observation - Details of three telescopes including a motorized german equatorial mount and a portable Dobsonian.
E. T. Platform - Custom made equatorial platforms for Dobsonian Telescopes and Mag 1 PortaBall telescopes.
Mirror Making and other Activities by Laurie Hall - Telescope mirror making testing equipment.
Astronomy in the Great White North - Observing during extreme cold. Details of an observatory, astrophotography, and a motorized telescope.
Vad's Home Page - Telescope making, CCD-camera
The ATM's Workshop - This site contains projects, techniques and product reviews pertaining to the many disciplines of Amateur Telescope Making. Areas covered include optics, woodworking, metalworking, electronics, programming, and telescope equipment.
30 inch Dobsonian telescope. - Good detail on the grinding of a large mirror.
Ed Stevens' Telescope Making Homepage - Text and images of a 12.5" traveling telscope. The mirror box travels as carry on and the rest fits into a suitcase.
The Newtonian Pages - Understanding, designing and optimizing Newtonian telescopes.
Ronchi for Windows ATM Software - This site is the home page for Ronchi for Windows, a software simulation program for Amateur Telescope Makers. Use RonWin to simulate the Ronchi Test on your PC.
Littlebear Observatory - some information (with pictures) on the construction of the observatory.
Jan van Gastel's astronomy pages - This site contains information about building an equatorial platform, a scotch mount and a binocular mount. There is also information about how to let a dobsonian telescope move smoothly.
Bill's ATM Website - My homemade 10 inch telescope and ongoing construction of the 18 inch telescope web site, with other spaceflight and satellite related information.
Northern Lights Optics - Specializing in optical design services for amateur telescope makers and providing custom high-performance optical tube assemblies for amateur astronomers.
A Piggyback camera mount for the Nexstar - How I built a cheap piggyback camera adaptor to fit onto the Nexstar using simple tools and a drainpipe clip. Photos included.
A 27 pound travel scope - Designed around a 13.1" f/4.5 mirror and the desire to get it inside a suitcase that meets the requirements for carry-on luggage of most airlines so that no part of the scope would have to be checked.
Telescope Making - Information, construction guides, products and services for making your own telescope.
Amateur Telescope Making - 10 inch - The story & pictures of my 10 inch Amateur Telescope Making project. Just an average Joe (actually-Bill) who decided to build a Dobsonian mounted Newtonian telescope.
Astronomy and Telescope Making - Amateur astronomy and telescope making including do-it-yourself projects and observing techniques and records. Also a short guide to protein structure, and some other personal interest stuff.
ATM's Fun with Java & Java Script - The first ATM's home page related to the java and java script programming language. The best links to the amateur and professional java related sites. Downloading of freeware telescope design and astronomical applets. Let's speak Java!
Telescope making 1997 - 2000 - A personal account of making a 10 inch Newtonian telescope.
Ultralight Dobsonians - How to build compact and lightweight Dobsonian Telescopes with homemade Mirrors. 24" and 17.5" Dobsons, 10" and 6" travel scopes. Mirror grinding.
Building a 6" f7.6 dobsonian telescope - A step by step overview of Mirror Making and Dobsonian telescope construction.
Dobsonian telescope construction - How I built a Dobsonian telescope,Astrophotography with film and CCD cameras.
Bill's 14.5 inch Telescope Making Project - Description of a homebuilt 14.5 inch telescope (including the mirror)
John's Amateur Telescope Making Page - Contains information on making a 19 inch plate glass mirror and much more.
Scotch Mount - Double Arm - An inexpensive route to astrophotography has long been the Scotch Mount, also known as the Barn Door drive.
