Telescope-Related Publications and Presentations

Here's a list of articles I have written and presentations I have given on topics related to telescope making and mirror making.
The author/presenter is me, unless otherwise noted.


"Okie-Tex 2007", Amateur Astronomy Magazine, Summer or Fall 2008.  Describes my experience at my first Okie-Tex Star Party.

"Building and doing research with a 32” and a 24” telescope and Large telescopes", presented at the Winter Star Party, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008.
    Presentation about Bob Holmes' 24" and 32" research telescopes with updated statistics from him, as well as the 43.4" telescope under construction by Robert Houdart,
    which I am making the primary and secondary mirror for, and Bob Holmes' proposed 48" F/4 prime-focus telescope.

"Building MBM 30" (updated version), presented by Mike Lockwood, Mike Conron, and Bob Nonnemann the Okie-Tex Star Party, Friday, Oct. 5, 2007.
    Describes the making of the 30" mirror and the construction of the MBM 30" telescope.

"Construction, Observations, and research using 24" and 32" telescopes"
, presented at the Okie-Tex Star Party, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007.
    This talk uses some presentation materials from Bob Holmes, who built the telescope, but also many photos and videos that I took while making the primary mirror.
    I made the primary mirrors for Bob's two telescopes and assisted with their setup.

"Construction, Observations, and research using 24" and 32" telescopes", presented at the Indiana Family Star Party, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007.

"A Modern Long-Focus Newtonian", Sky and Telescope Magazine, March 2006.
    Describes my 10" F/8.8 scope and its construction.

"A Portable Large-Aperture Cassegrain", Sky and Telescope Magazine, October 2006.
     Describes my 12.5" F/12.5 classical Cassegrain and its construction.

"Building an Open-Tubed 12.5" F/12.5 Classical Cassegrain", July 2005.
    Article that details the design and construction of my Classical Cassegrain, originally entered in the Cloudy Nights telescope making contest.

"Amateur Telescope Making - A Survey of the Craft",
presented at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Nov. 28th, 2005.
    Also presented to the Astronomical Society at the University of Illinois (UIAS), Feb. 22nd, 2006.
    Previous versions of this talk were presented to UIAS in several previous years, and I update it every year.

"Building MBM 30", presented by Mike Lockwood and Mike Conron at the second annual Prairie Skies Star Party, Saturday, Oct. 1st, 2005.
    An updated version (as of October 2007) was presented at the Okie-Tex Star Party 2007.

"Live Foucault Testing" - I have taken one of my testers to Prairie Skies 2006 and 2007 to test mirrors on the spot.

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