Telescope Making

You can make a telescope for around $25 in materials. You can make one for $50 that will amaze your friends and family, and show you things you didn't know existed. It can be done in a few weeks. However, telescope-making can get messy. You can break a piece you've slaved over. Then you walk around in the worst mood you have ever been in. But in the end you have a telescope that people will look at, and through, and say, "You couldn't have made this." Yes, you did, and that is the best part of all.

Let's make a telescope.

Table of Contents

 * /Thinking About Telescopes/
 * /Project 1: The Newtonian Reflector/
 * /Making the Optics/
 * /Assembling the Telescope/
 * /The Telescope Mount/