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Video Tape "How to Make a Telescope" from ASW
ATM books available now
Other classics
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Video Tape "How to Make a Telescope" by ASW

ASW video taped the whole procedures of telescope mirror making from rough grinding to figuring. Available on two (2) VHS tapes in NTSC format. Although the tape tells you everything you need to know, the shooting is by home video camera and not commercial quality .
Contact ASW for the details, please bear tape and shipping costs.

ATM Books available now and where to get.

  1. "Note Book of Stars" or "Hoshino-Techou" VOL. 56 - 60; How to Make a Telescope Mirror by Namura
  2. "Note Book of Stars" or "Hoshino-Techou" VOL. 22; Special Issue "Mirror Grinding"

    Note; "Note Book of Stars" has been discontinued, though some back numbers should be available. These are only available ATM books in Japan as of January 1997. VOL. 56 - 60 by Namura includes detailed figuring techniques, and you should not miss them.

  3. How to Make a Telescope, Jean Texereau (Willman-Bell, Inc.)
  4. Making Your Own Telescope, Allyn J. Thompson, Sky Publishing Corporation
  5. Sky & Telescope also offers good telescope making books.

Where to contact;

  1. "Note Book of Stars" or Hoshino-Techou-Sha
    5-15-8 Sendagaya Shibuyaku, Tokyo Japan 151
    TEL:03-3354-3947, FAX:03-3354-3976
  2. Sky Publishing Corp.
    P.O. Box 9111, Belmont, MA 02178-9111, U.S.A.
    E-mail orders@skypub.com "
    http://www.skypub.com
Other Books - Classics!
These are not available in book stores. You should try second hand book store, or "Sell and Buy" in astronomical magazines. Excellent classics we still can value!!
  1. "How to Make a Reflector Telescope"; by KIbe, (Seibundo-Shinko-Sha)
    A work by a person famed for "Kibe Mirror"
  2. "Telescope Making Encyclopedia" (Chijin-Shokan)
    The identical contents as in "Note Book of Stars" by Namura is described.
  3. "How to Make 4" Reflector" appeared in January to November Issues of "Tenmon Guide"
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Last update: 1997 August 2