LOW COST TELESCOPES

Welcome! My name Is Dave Trott. I hope you like these pages about telescopes. I am a strong advocate of  low cost astronomy. You don't have to spend a lot of money to enjoy the night sky and I can prove it!

                                           TELESCOPES FOR THE NOVICE

• don't know anything about telescopes?              
• just got a cheap telescope?                               THIS PAGE IS FOR YOU!!
• thinking about buying a telescope?                                        
• on a tight budget?                                

       HOW TO FIX UP AN INEXPENSIVE TELESCOPE

             Lots of cool tricks. Cheap finders and eyepieces.

                                      BIG BINOCULARS

                                 My version of a JMI masterpiece!

                                                    GIANT BINOCULARS!!

                                                  Are they worth the trouble?!?

                      TRACKING MOUNTS

            The famous double-arm for astrophotography

                  Simple, inexpensive, sturdy tripods.

                                                    THE PERFECT TELESCOPE

                                                             You could build it!

                 SEVENTEEN INCH TELESCOPE

                  Experimental clampless clamp system.

                            Does it really work?

                                                       FOLDED REFRACTOR

                                                            High Performance.

                                                                Low Cost.

                          A BACKYARD OBSERVATORY

                                  Effective, simple, inexpensive. 

 Denver Astronomical Society  ,  North American Skies ,

The Astronomical League  ,  University of Denver

Publications

 Astronomy ,  Sky and Telescope , Amateur Astronomy , Starware by Phil Harrington (before you buy the telescope!)

Amateur Telescope Making

 ATMSITE.ORG , Astronomy Daily page , Amateur Telescope Making Forum ,

 Mel Bartel's Page , Dale Keller's ATM Site , John Dupton's Telescope Making Shop ,

David Stevick's Weird Telescope page ,  Greg Babcock's Page ,  Peter Abrahams' Binocular Page ,

Kiowa Observatory , Cloudynights.com , Rico Tyler's Page , Martz Observatory

Suppliers

Astronomy Mall

Useful Sites for My Students

Solarviews  , Seds  , Black Forrest Observatory , Messier Sky  , Wright's Cosmology page,

Astronomy ,  Sky and Telescope ,  Mt Wilson Sun Observations

MY MINI-BIOGRAPHY

EMAIL ME HERE: davetrott@aol.com

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