How to build a telescope

Complete our astronomy DIY project to wheel your telescope setup in and out of storage without delay.

Build a telescope with this fun recycled STEM project and learn about Galileo, lenses, and more.

Simple TELESCOPE: HELLO.... Here winter season starting now. The memories of winter is that, It is the good period for sky watching. In this season we will see a lot of stars and planets also the milky way. The milky way is very beautiful( it is only visible in clea…

You, too, can avoid astronomical costs by watching stars through a tricked-out cardboard tube. PM builds one and speaks to John Dobson, the man behind the plans, about the joys of DIY astronomy.

DIY Low Cost Spectrometer: Being a final-year undergraduate student majoring in physics, I believe that labs and practical experiments are just as important as the theory when it comes to subjects like physics. Lab sessions and experiments provide tangible results which often…

Cosmos Mariner: a Large Aperture Dobsonian Telescope: There are many good Instructables here about making your own backyard Dobsonian telescope. Many of us start in the 8-inch to 10-inch range, and spend many long nights cruising around the Cosmos checking out the sights. Eventually, however, many of u…

Galileo made the first homemade telescope from two lenses and a leather tube. Over time, amateur astronomers have led the way in developing new techniques and ideas for building telescopes. Most serious amateurs attempt a home-built scope at some point, like a simple reflector telescope such as described here.

How to Build a Binoculars and Spotting Scopess - Vintage Read more about prisms, prism, objective, eyepiece, layout and lens.

Telescopes make distant objects appear nearer, using a combination of lenses and mirrors. If you happen to have no telescopes or binoculars at home, and you can make one yourself! Take note that the images may appear upside down. Gather...