
We dedicate this book, with humility, to the memory of the late Tom Waineo. Tom epitomised the most laudable qualities of the amateur telescope maker, giving selflessly of his time and using his extensive experience and wisdom in order to help others. We hope that our efforts will help to keep Tom's star shining.
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| Introduction |
Stephen Tonkin | |||||||||||
Shoestring Telescopes |
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| Chapter 1: A 6" f/5 Telescope |
Steven Lee | |||||||||||
| Chapter 2: 'Skinflint': a 15.5" f/4.8 Reflector |
Gil Stacy | |||||||||||
| Chapter 3: An 80mm RFT Refractor |
Stephen Tonkin | |||||||||||
Specialised Telescopes |
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| Chapter 4: Building A High-contrast Planetary Newtonian |
Gary Seronik | |||||||||||
| Chapter 5: A Collapsible Refractor |
Klaus-Peter Schröder | |||||||||||
| Chapter 6: The Construction of a Buchroeder Quad-Shiefspiegler |
Terry Platt | |||||||||||
| Chapter 7: A Wright Camera |
Bratislav Curcic | |||||||||||
| Chapter 8: A Ball-scope the best portable telescope! |
Steven Lee | |||||||||||
Mounts |
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| Chapter 9: A Cylindrical Bearing Equatorial Platform |
Chuck Shaw | |||||||||||
| Chapter 10: A Computerized Dobsonian Click here for the latest version of the software. |
Mel Bartels | |||||||||||
| Chapter 11: Parallelogram Binocular Mount |
Scott Wilson | |||||||||||
Astrophotography |
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| Chapter 12: A Better Barn Door |
Stephen Tonkin | |||||||||||
| Chapter 13: 'Skypod' a Simple Sky-tracker |
Euan Mason | |||||||||||
| Chapter 14: Building and Using a Cookbook CCD Camera |
Albert F. Kelly | |||||||||||
| Chapter 15: A Telescope Controller for Synchronous Motors |
David Johnson | |||||||||||
Appendices |
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| Appendix 1 Internet Resources | ||||||||||||
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| Appendix 2 Contributors | ||||||||||||
| Appendix 3 References | ||||||||||||
| Appendix 4 Bibliography | ||||||||||||
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