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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

in the books Amateur Telescope Making. The articles and the books are credited with helping to expand the hobby of amateur telescope making. In April 1952...

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C. R. (1953). "The Barlow Lens". In Ingalls, Albert G. (ed.). Amateur Telescope Making, Book Three. Scientific American. pp. 277–286. Sidney F. Ray, Scientific...

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Lens". In Ingalls, Albert G. (ed.). Amateur Telescope Making Advanced. Scientific American. pp. 401–409. "Telescope Optics – Schmidt". Archived from the...

innovative well known developer for high end amateur astronomy components in the field of amateur telescope making (ATM). Having worked in his professional...

used in networking ATM adaptation layer ATM Adaptation Layer 5 Amateur Telescope Making (books), a series of books by Albert Graham Ingalls "ATM" (song)...

popularizer of amateur telescope making. He conducted the popular "Gleanings for ATMs" (Amateur Telescope Makers) column in Sky and Telescope magazine for...

design programs. There remains a good deal of discussion in the amateur telescope making community over the use of glue and the addition of simple astatic...

Ingalls (1888–1958), former editor of Scientific American and amateur telescope-making enthusiast Barbara Ingalls Shook (1938–2008), American philanthropist...

curved mirrors. It is commonly used by amateur telescope makers for figuring primary mirrors in reflecting telescopes. It uses a relatively simple, inexpensive...

making – The field of amateur telescope making is considered an offshoot of the amateur astronomy community. Amateur telescope makers (sometimes called...

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optical components. The Solar Optical Telescope on the Hinode satellite is one example of this design. For amateur telescope makers the Gregorian can be less...

Reflecting telescopes became extraordinarily popular for astronomy and many famous telescopes, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, and popular amateur models...

with equipment typically available to amateur telescope makers or laboratory-scale fabricators; thus, older telescope layouts predominate in these applications...

provided much of the economic engine. Springfield Telescope Makers, the oldest amateur telescope making club in the United States, has been based in Springfield...

actor, writer, producer John M. Pierce, writer on and promoter of amateur telescope making J. Andre Smith, artist and architect; founder of the Research Studio...

2008. Consolmagno gave the keynote speech at the 2013 Stellafane amateur telescope making convention on Aug 10. He appeared on The Colbert Report in December...

A solar telescope or a solar observatory is a special-purpose telescope used to observe the Sun. Solar telescopes usually detect light with wavelengths...

all-spherical elements, thereby simplifying fabrication. Maksutov telescopes have been sold on the amateur market since the 1950s. Dmitri Maksutov may have been working...