Building an Astronomical Telescope

This guide for amateur astronomers shows how practically anyone can build an astronomical telescope. It describes the different telescopes that can be constructed, along with their mountings and accessories such as search scopes and camera mounts. Details are provided on tube construction.

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This is a practical book for amateur astronomers, including those who are quite capable of resolving, for example, a quasar ten thousand million light years away. Doherty describes the different types of telescope that can be built together with their mountings and accessories such as search scopes and camera mounts. Full details are given on how to construct tubes, and how to grind and polish mirrors and lenses. He also shows how to build a variety of practical home observatories from a simple garden shed to a fully fledged dome.