DIY Telescope - Should You Make Your Own?

Many amateur astronomers are tempted to make their own telescope. But is it wise cost-saving, or a foolhardy path to exasperation and ultimate disappointment?

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Make an iTelescope of your iPhone

A new iPhone zoom lens has been launched by Brando for stalkers, amateur spies and especially for those who want to turn their good looking sleek iPhone into something very similar to an idiot toy.

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Amateur Pictures Of Jupiter

These Jupiter pictures are some of the best I have seen from an amateur astrophotographer. The pictures of Jupiter are all taken with a 10" telescope. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and is mostly comprised of gas. It takes Jupiter about 12 years to make a complete orbit around our sun.

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An Amateur Telescope Making Blog

A nice blog about someone making a telescope. This article covers the theory and beginning steps of grinding your own mirror.

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Amateur Astronomers Make First Sighting of '10th Planet'

A group of amateur astronomers has used the 2.1-meter (82-inch) Otto Struve Telescope at McDonald Observatory to make the first "through-the- Eyepiece" sighting of so-called the tenth planet, an object orbiting the Sun in the Kuiper Belt, far beyond Pluto.

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