Hello,

 

I am interested in constructing asimple telescope. I have no idea at all. Can anyone guide me to construct a telescope to view planets as a beginner. Or guide me some links.

 

Murulidhara

By the time you have bought all the materials, it will almost certainly be cheaper to buy a cheap scope. If you realy want to make one theres lots of info on the net about making lenses and focal distances etc. It is a lot of work though. You may not be successful on the first attempt. Good luck though.

to view Planets properly you`ll need quite a bit of power, and also a Very stable base and tripod with smooth tracking controls.

I have a 500X mag here and you can Just About see Saturn and make out the rings on a good night.

 

that should give you Some idea of what to look out for in way of Design anyway

You should be able to find everything you need through these links

 

However, you can pick up a 4.5" reflector telescope for under $300 new, I picked one up at a garage sale for $60.00 before. They are great for beginners, and you can clearly see Saturn's rings on a clear night (you have to get away from light pollution though... take a drive to the country)

 

If you have never had a scope before, I recommend you buy one of these first, get to know how they are designed and how they work, and then decide if you want to build a better one for yourself.

 

Check on EBay, there are some good deals on 4.5" and 6" telescopes, if you go for a 4.5", try to stay away from the shorter tube (they call them 'fast' telescopes) they look nicer but the quality suffers.

Thanks for the advice. I think it is better to buy a new telescope.

 

Regards

Murulidhara

I know this is a old thread but has any one helped you

Thank you for ofering help. Of cource I receied reply. Still if your suggestions are welcome.

 

I want make a very simple telescope for beginners.

 

Murulidhara.S

One of our students was telling me about how he is building a microwave telescope using an old satellite dish, and his pc soundcard as a Digital-to-analogue converter.

I have seen the Moons of Jupiter and Saturn, as well as the rings with just binoculars.

I have seen all the major bands of Jupiter with my 90mm refractor bought new for 150 dollars, 8 yrs ago.

 

$200 buys you a brand new computerized telescope with 4k object database.

IIRC at roughly 20 to 21Mc/s you can actually build radio telescope that will listen to Jupiters Weather!

 

you can do it with a simple longwire antenna but 5 element Yagi beam would be better.