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Tonkin, Stephen (ed) Amateur Telescope Making Whilst, for obvious reasons, I am unable to be entirely objective about this book, I believe it will become a useful addition to any ATM's bookshelf and a complement to the other modern ATM books. There are fifteen projects for the ATM, including mounts, astrophotography and electronics as well as telescopes of varying complexity. |
| Howard, Neale E. Standard Handbook for Telescope Making Perhaps the best book for the first-time telescope maker. Covers all aspects of making an 8" f/7 plus a variety of mounts. Highly recommended for the new ATM. |
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Mackintosh, Allan (ed.) Advanced Telescope Making Techniques, Vol 1 Advanced Telescope Making Techniques, Vol 2 Reprints from the Maksutov Circulars. Worth having, but definitely not a beginner's book. |
| Manly, Peter L. Unusual Telescopes Full of interesting and amusing ideas. Not a manual, but more a general interest book for armchair ATMing. |
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Moore, Patrick (ed) More Small Astronomical Observatories: Amateur and Professional Designs and Constructions A number of different observatories, including radio, built by amateurs around the world. (Includes the first book on CD-ROM) |
| Strong, John Procedures in Applied Optics Design and Construction of optical instruments. Extremely good book. |
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Trueblood, Mark and Genet Russell Telescope Control, Control of telescopes using microcomputers. If you are designing or interested in this subject, get this book. |