Title: Making Your Own Telescope Author(s): Allyn J. Thompson Pages: 223 Publisher: Dover Publications Publication date: 2003 Language: English Format: DJVU ISBN-10: 0486428834 ISBN-13: Description: Complete, detailed instructions and numerous diagrams for constructing a do-it-yourself telescope. No complicated mathematics are involved, and no prior knowledge of optics or astronomy is needed to follow the text's step-by-step directions. Contents cover, among other topics, materials and equipment; tube parts and alignment; eyepieces, and related problems; setting circles; and optical principles. 1973 ed. Appendixes. Index. 6 plates. 100 figures.