The Delaware Astronomical Society
Amateur Telescope Making & Repair
DAS Members regularly engage in Amateur Telescope Making (ATM), Maker Projects, and Telescope Maintenance during Astronomy Workshops. Bigger projects sometimes require work on weekends or regular meetings of those working on that project. Sometimes we also hold workshops or classes to help members work on a project
Some Examples of DAS ATM Activities include:
- The 2024 Library Telescope Summer Project
- Solar Filter Making Workshops for telescopes and binoculars
- Individual Projects or a Group Workshop for Mirror Making
- Telescope testing with Double Pass, Ronchi, Knife Edge, or Star tests
- Making of telescope accessories
- Making new telescope tubes
- Making secondary mirror holders
In particular, we’ve made telescope mirrors from scratch and completed some that members have had in the works from as far back as the 1960’s.
Anyone interested in working on a project should come out to an Astronomy Workshop and discuss this with other club members to either help out or get help with a project.
