Then he built two telescopes. The Peoria Astronomical Society members hope their homemade telescope stories inspire others to pick up studying the cosmos as a past time. “Astronomy is a hobby ...

“It was very exciting. It speaks to the quality of the telescope.” Pieter van Dokkum, chair of Yale’s astronomy department, designed the robotic telescope with University of Toronto astronomer Roberto ...

The next time Holly Farris sees the rings of Saturn, it will be through a homemade telescope the Albion College junior produced through more than 100 hours of diligent work this summer. Using $500 ...

He has propped his homemade telescope on the University Boulevard sidewalk in front of Gentle Ben’s, enticing passersby to view the craters of the moon. Landers, 19, has shared his love of ...

Amateur astronomers will gather for a “Telescope Party” to witness the ... and “bringing a lounge chair and a red flashlight.” “There could be a lot of people up there and, if you ...