Chabot Telescope Makers' Workshop
Maker Faire Bay Area 2019
Hands-on Activity
GROUP
Chabot Telescope Makers
The Chabot Telescope Makers are a telescope making guild that has its home at the Chabot Space and Science Center. We meet every Friday night in Oakland, and are one of the longest running telescope workshops in the world.
Part of: Space and Earth Science
The Chabot Telescope Makers is a public workshop in Oakland California associated with the East Bay Astronomical Society and the Chabot Space and Science Center. For the last 80 years, our workshop has provided a space for building telescopes.
What inspired you to make this project?:
Our workshop fulfills a mission to provide science outreach in our community, and to develop an appreciation for the history and craft surrounding amateur telescope making and astronomical science.
