Find a Telescope Workshop to Watch the Skies DIY Style
The Telescope Makers’ Workshop is an informal gathering where you can learn how to grind and polish your own Newtonian telescope mirror.
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Transforming a Game Boy Camera into a Tool for Astrophotography
Alex Pietrow customized a Nintendo Game Boy Advance’s camera so that it could take pictures of celestial objects.
Study the Skies with a Portable Raspberry Pi Display for Your Telescope
The TED-VDU is the perfect upgrade for your PiKon telescope. It lets you interface with your telescope easily in the field.
Build a Dobsonian Telescope Small Enough to Transport, Big Enough to Impress
High schooler Alex Patton made this affordable, DIY Dobsonian telescope.
This 3D Printed Telescope Is Powered by Raspberry Pi
We talked to Mark Wrigley about the PiKon telescope, a low-cost telescope kit using 3D printed components, and a Raspberry Pi Camera.
Stargazing on the White House Lawn
Guests of President Obama travel through time and space in the White House Astronomy Night tomorrow night, October 19.
How to Detect Killer Asteroids
Monitor the skies to spot asteroids and help save the Earth from annihilation by interplanetary projectiles.
