When I set out to build a portable telescope, known as a Dobsonian telescope, the first step had me stymied—where do you find 6 ft of 8-in.-dia cardboard tubing?. I'm a physicist by training, an ...

Today, Dobsonian telescopes are still highly popular among amateur astronomers, and for good reason — they're simple to build, budget-friendly and they soak up a huge amount of light.

Ah, November. Clear dark nights, not too cold. A great month for stargazing — to say nothing of the Leonid meteor shower, which will swing by in a couple of weeks. For meteors, all you need is ...

I have no interest in star gazing, but got totally engrossed in a book on constructing Dobsonian telescopes, leant to me by a friend.Essentially, a bunch of amateurs have used sound engineering ...

Many of us remember the blue tube Coulter Optical Dobsonian telescopes, the first of which contained a 13.1-inch primary mirror. Soon, amateur telescope makers and companies began producing larger ...

An easy-to-use 'light bucket', the Celestron StarSense Explorer 8-inch Dobsonian telescope finds its targets using just your smartphone. Here's our review. T3. Smarter living since 1996.

If you’re looking to get a first telescope for a young child from about 6 to 10 years old, Orion telescopes has a wonderful mini-Dobsonian telescope that I’ve recommended again and again to folks.

The amateur astronomy world got a tremendous boost during the 1960s when John Dobson invented what is now called the Dobsonian telescope. Made from commonly-sourced materials and mechanically much … ...

Reflecting telescope made in the 1980s as part of the "Dobsonian revolution" in amateur astronomy. John Dobson began developing this form in 1956. At the time he was living in a monastery in San ...