Dobsonian Telescope Making
Maker Faire Bay Area 2016
May 20th-22nd
Exhibit
Science
Learn how a Dobsonian Telescope works and how you can make your own! Demonstrations will be held on grinding glass to make a mirror for a Newtonian telescope. Home-made telescopes will be on exhibit to show how the optics and mechanics work.
Douglas Smith
Among other things, Douglas Smith is an Amateur Telescope Maker. He is past President of the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers. He teaches the Dobsonian Telescope Making class at the Randall Museum in San Francisco.
