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Find a Telescope Workshop to Watch the Skies DIY Style

Richard Ozer

Richard Ozer co-directs the Chabot Telescope Makers’ Workshop with Dave Barosso. He is also president of the Eastbay Astronomical Society, the workshop’s sponsor.

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July 27th, 2017July 26th, 2017

The Telescope Makers’ Workshop is an informal gathering where you can learn how to grind and polish your own Newtonian telescope mirror.

Transforming a Game Boy Camera into a Tool for Astrophotography

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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July 12th, 2017July 11th, 2017

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

By Brett Porter

Brett Porter

I'm 33 years old from Wales,UK. Working as an IT Support Technician for my 9 to 5 but a maker in my spare time.

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April 27th, 2016April 26th, 2016

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

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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January 12th, 2016January 11th, 2016

High schooler Alex Patton made this affordable, DIY Dobsonian telescope.

This 3D Printed Telescope Is Powered by Raspberry Pi

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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November 10th, 2015May 4th, 2016

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

By Michelle "Binka" Hlubinka

Michelle "Binka" Hlubinka

Michelle, or Binka, makes . While at Maker Media, she oversaw publications, outreach, and programming for kids, families, and schools. Before joining Maker Media in 2007, she worked at the Exploratorium, in Mitchel Resnick’s Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, and as a curriculum designer for various publishers and educational researchers. When she’s not supporting future makers, including her two young sons, Binka does some making of her own, most often as a visual artist.

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October 18th, 2015October 19th, 2015 4

Guests of President Obama travel through time and space in the White House Astronomy Night tomorrow night, October 19.