Telescope Making No. 34 (Fall 1988)

The Fall 1988 issue of Telescope Making — “the magazine for, by, and about telescope makers” — features the following articles:


-“Building a ‘Two-Weekend’ Observatory,” by Richard Berry


-“A Dobsonian Mounting for Giant Binoculars,” by Tom Clark


-“1988: Record Year for the TSP,” by Dave Eicher


-“A ‘Dampier’ Pier Removes Vibrations,” by Rafael López Vélez


-“A Removable Mirror Cell,” by Don Scott


-“Building a 27-foot Newtonian Telescope,” by Johann Schröter


-“Stellafane pictorial,” by Dave Eicher


-“Editorial: Optical Work Is Hazardous,” by Robert E. Cox


-“What’s New? Products for Telescope Maker”


Telescope Making debuted in 1978 in response to Astronomy magazine readers’ demand for more information about how to build telescopes. In the premiere issue, Editor Richard Berry explained the magazine’s mission: “We see TM as a magazine that will help people share their ideas and learn from each other.
... You, and the telescopes you build, are its subject.” Telescope Making ran quarterly until 1992.


This Telescope Making PDF includes the complete Fall 1988 issue of Telescope Making.


(56 pages, 7.6 MB)