Stellafane Links Page
A large list of links to other web sites we hope you will find useful. We try to list sites that complement
or augment the information on our site. The inclusion of an off-site link does not imply an endorsement of the
website by the Springfield Telescope Makers, and we are not responsible for the content, accuracy, completeness,
or any opinions expressed on these linked sites. Please e-mail us if you
would like to suggest or correct a link.
We do not participate in link exchanges - please
don't ask.
Link exchange e-mail is deleted and will not be answered. A New Link or
Updated Link is marked as in this example.
Table of Contents
Click on a topic area below to jump to the corresponding section in our extensive listing
of links:
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- Optical Testing & Figuring
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- Springfield Telescope Makers
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Don't loose your head! Use our ATM links
to solve your Telescope Making problems.
(April 2005 Stellafane Mirror Class*)
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Dick Parker with his Refractor |
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Charlie Wicks with his 20" scope |
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Rough Grinding in the great outdoors
at the Stellafane Mirror Class
(October 2002 Stellafane Mirror Class)
Links to World Wide Mirror Class Listings.
Link to the Stellafane Mirror Class.
Please drop us a note if you would like your event
listed.
See the Sky & Telescope Event Calendar
or Astronomy's Community Events for additional
world-wide listings.
This list is mainly Northeast United States clubs that we know about, and where we have many friends.
Please drop us a note if you would like your club listed.
Internet Video
Note: With the explosion of ATM video on YouTube we can't keep up and recommend that
you search there. Last YouTube video update here will be
June 2009.
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A Mirror-O-Matic Machine
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(Also see the Software Section)
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- Figuring & Parabolizing Techniques
- Foucault Testing
- Couder Masks
- Testers
- Compound Optics & Catadioptrics
- Caustic Testing
- Star Testing
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Jay Drew's Ross Null Tester*
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- Null Testing
- Optical Quality
- Spherometers
- Miscellaneous
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FigureXP Foucault Data Reduction Program |
- Test Reduction Software
- Fringe Analysis Software
Optical Design Software
- More ATM Software Links
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- Newtonian Design
- Tilted Component Design
- Compound Telescope Design
- Mirror Cell Design
- Miscellaneous
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Mac McAvoy's Wooden Mirror Cell
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- Barn Door Trackers
- Dew Heaters
- Eyepieces
- Finder Scopes
- Fun With Fans
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- Aluminizing
- Working Aluminum
- Baffling
- Curve Generation
- Working Composites
- Working Fiberglass
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- Working Glass
- Working Wood
- Vacuum Bagging
- Miscellaneous
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Nathan Spaulding's Split Ring Mount
at the 2001 Stellafane Convention
Gary Frishkorn's Binoculars
at the 2006 Stellafane Convention
- Bino Telescopes
- Binocular Mounts
David Groski's Schupmann
On A Berry-Style Alt-Az Mount
Larry Brown's German Equatorial
Old-School Pipe Mount Beauty
- Schiefspiegler Telescopes
- Schupmann Telescopes
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Jim Daley's 9" Schupmann*
- Yolo Telescopes
- Other Designs
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The following list of suppliers is provided as a service to our readers to help them obtain parts
for making telescopes. Inclusion/exclusion on this list does not imply an endorsement by the Springfield
Telescope Makers of the supplier or their products.
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Mirror Making Supplies
Finished Mirrors & Lenses
Mounts, Kits & Tripods
Secondary & Diagonal Mirrors
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Spiders
Focusers
Mirror Cells
Optical Tube Assembly Parts
Truss Tubing & Hardware
Full Tubes
Shrouds
Testers & Accessories
Other Goodies
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Russell W. Porter*
and Garden Telescopes
Russell Williams Porter
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Stellafane
Home of the Springfield Telescope Makers
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Hartness Turret Telescope*
at the Hartness House
Links to our local area:
Jay Drew*
For the convenience of our readers, we provide links to other web sites that offer additional
or supplementary information to that provided on our Stellafane website. The inclusion of an off-site link does
not imply an endorsement of the website by the Springfield Telescope Makers, and we are not responsible for
the content, accuracy, completeness, or any opinions expressed on these linked sites. Please
e-mail us if you would like to suggest or correct a link.
The Stellafane Links Page is edited by Jay Drew of the Springfield Telescope Makers.
* Member of the Springfield Telescope Makers
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