Amateur Astronomy with The Homemade Dobsonian Telescope

The Homemade Dobsonian Telescope

Originally uploaded by webjones

The Homemade Dobsonian Telescope is great for Amateur Astronomy

10″ f4.7 primary mirror. Fully manual operation. webjones bought the mirrors, focuser, and finder, but built the rest with materials readily available at Home Depot or Lowe’s. A carpenter working on new homes (back in Mississippi) graciously donated some scraps of 3/4″ cabinet-grade plywood, which I believe is birch. A full accounting of the project can be found at webjones.net/telescope_v1

Uploaded by webjones on 19 Aug 06, 10.29PM GMT.

Excellent use of materials for Amateur Astronomy

Venus Conjunction

Venus Conjunction

Originally uploaded by h3_six

h3_six is sure there are much better photos of this event but still quite likes this one with lights in the tree and in the sky.
For more photographs of the conjunction suggests searching flickr for “Venus, Moon and Jupiter” and Venus occultation.

Astronomy photos on a Map

This World map shows Astronomy photos on Flickr by location

Tags: astronomymap flickr world

Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon

Originally uploaded by SugaShane

There was a Harvest Moon last night again, beautiful.

That big fat moon;s gonna shine like a spoon and we’re gonna let it, we won’t regret it.

Lunar eclipse times

Lunar eclipse times

Originally uploaded by Andyrob