BYOT
Build Your Own Telescope
BUILDING MAKING CONSTRUCTING HOMEMADE AMATEUR DOBSONIAN TELESCOPES AND INFORMATION
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TELESCOPE LINKS:
SCHOOLS
CLASSIFIEDS
KITS
The BYOT kits have Hot-line support for any questions or problems you may have.
The kits are supplied to schools and are designed for 12 year olds and up.
If mirror grinding and polishing doesn't sound like your cup of tea, the mirror can be purchased separately to the rest of the telescope kit.
For more information and details of telescope parts and prices, visit our web site at:
TELESCOPE CLASSIFIEDS - PARTS AND ACCESSORIES
Information is frequently requested about the BYOT kits or what is needed to build a telescope to your own specifications using the variable parts available. There is a lot of areas people wish to know about when building a telescope. These include:
- What's involved in grinding and polisshing the mirror?
- How big/long is the telescope when itt's finished?
- Can I have more detail of what can bee seen with one?
- What tools are needed to complete thee project?
- What if I get frustrated with the griinding process?
- Why this type of telescope?
- What the pros and cons of building yoour own telescope?
There is a lack of information available to telescope lovers in Australia. This is why I went into business to cover this hole in the market. Markets are far more developed in places like the UK and USA where the majority of the population have viewed through a telescope before. This is not the case in Australia, although we are a high technological society.
So what I'm getting at is, when people wish to purchase a Build Your Own Telescope kit is can be quite daunting for them. To combat this we have available:
- Hotline support from the manufacturerrs or me which due to the excellent instruction included in the kits isn't used much.
- Free viewing nights so people can loook through various types of telescopes with explainations of their workings. If outside South Australia, please contact us for you local astronomical society which hold public viewing nights.
- Secondhand magazines ($2AUS) which iss a cost effective way of learning about telescopes and astronomy.
- Information kits to explain the diffeerent types of telescopes and some of the jargon.
If you have any questions or would like the answers to the commonly asked questions above, please feel free to email me or call.
