Amateur telescope making is the activity of building telescopes as a hobby, as opposed to being a paid professional. Amateur telescope makers (sometimes...

Amateur Telescope Making (ATM) is a series of three books edited by Albert G. Ingalls between 1926 and 1953 while he was an associate editor at Scientific...

the unaided eye, binoculars, or telescopes. Even though scientific research may not be their primary goal, some amateur astronomers make contributions...

features found in other amateur telescopes such as equatorial tracking. Dobsonians are popular in the amateur telescope making community, where the design...

reviews of telescopes and other astronomical equipment, books, and software events in the amateur astronomy community amateur telescope making astrophotography...

telescope's simple design has made it very popular with amateur telescope makers. A Newtonian telescope is composed of a primary mirror or objective, usually...

was an American amateur astronomer and is best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope. He was also known...

three-volume series Amateur Telescope Making, Ingalls exerted a great influence on amateur astronomy and amateur telescope making in the United States. Ingalls...

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illustration" and is sometimes referred to as the "founder of amateur telescope making." Russell W. Porter, the youngest of five children, was born in...