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• - FAQ's, managing a subscription, and archives.
  
• - Mirror making, the equipment and testing equipment.
  
• - Amateur telescope making, mirror grinding.
  
• - Equatorial table, hydraulic focusing system, stepper motor electronic controls, hydraulic drive, advice to build a telescope, and beginners corner
  
• - To disseminate knowledge, experiences, ideas, and resources.
  
• - Photos and descriptions of binocular stand, several telescopes, solar camera, and links for parts.
  
• - Features plans and designs for stepper or servo motor layouts as well as features, free software, how-to information, and links.
  
• - 8" Dobsonian, dual grating prominence, Wright reflector, and 12.5" split ring Newtonian with registration is required.
  
• - Electronic based Journal with current issue, past issues, and archives.
  
• - Construction of reflector, refractor, and mini solar cam with images, and astro images.
  
• - Construction details with images of dobsonian, GEM reflector, portable dob, 20" goto scope, dome, and 20" goto dob .
  
• - Information acquired during design and construction of a 7.5" aperture F8.
  
• - Description, photographs, rebuilding of telescope, making simple lens for reflector, and links.
  
• - Articles on various telescope designs.
  
• - Specializing in optical design showing process, specification list, examples, and technical information.
  
• - Personal log of making a 10 inch Newtonian telescope and mirror, including pictures.
  
• - Materials, decisions, rough and fine grinding, and polishing to make a 8" mirror.
  
• - List of projects, mirror testing, do it yourself projects, ccd imaging and techniques, and Messier observation.
  
• - Information and photos on the construction of the observatory.
  
• - Information on telescope building, equatorial platform, scotch mount, and binocular mount, and information how to let a Dobsonian telescope move smoothly.
  
• - 20" Dobsonian, 8" versatile newt, cookbook 245 CCD, equipment, images, logs, and links.
  
• - Areas covered include optics, woodworking, metalworking, electronics, programming, and telescope equipment, and tips and techniques.
  
• - Enthusiasts dedicated to remembering, restoring and recommissioning classic Criterion telescopes.
  
• - World's largest portable amateur telescope, 41.2" Newtonian reflector with pictures of the telescope and during construction.
  
• - Telescope mirror making supplies and tutorials.
  
• - Information to add altitude-azimuth controller and unipolar stepper motor controller to a telescope, and directions with drawings and images of individual parts for a ten inch scope.
  
• - Accessory designs and information to enhance the use of Meade LX200s, Dobsonian reflectors, and other telescopes plus star charts for computerized telescopes.
  
• - Repository for resources and techniques by chronological, keyword, or author.
  
• - Articles on mounting, software, optics, and scopes, and images and links.
  
• - Documents design and building of an observatory for NexStar11 GPS telescope with images.
  
• - Links to completed telescopes and free mirror testing software.
  
• - Features several unique solutions for telescope issues with images.
  
• - Simple and proven techniques that most appropriate for the beginner and the novice mirror and telescope makers.
  
• - Construction of small newtonian and Mel Bartels system for computer control.
  
• - Provides pictures of the various stages of construction with progress cataloged on the site.
  
• - Details the restoration of the equipment from the late 1970's.