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Monthly Amateur Telescope Making Meetings
A Subdivision of the Alachua Astronomy Club, Inc.
Third Tuesday of Month at 7:00 p.m.)
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
[ 2002–2007 schedules collected on one page—later years on individual pages ]
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Location
Usual Meeting Location (but always check schedule for possible changes in location or times)
2240 N.W. 14 Avenue, Gainesville, FL
Off NW 22 St. (3 streets N. of NW 8 Ave or 2 streets S. of NW 16 Ave)
Look for the mailbox
Map 1 Map 2 Google Map
Contact Chuck, ATM Coorindator, 352-373-7527; E-Mail atm "at" floridastars.org for more infoPurpose
- All monthly meetings are free and open to the public
- The AAC monthly meeting meets the second Tuesday of the month
- The AAC Executive Council also meets the first Tuesday of the month
The ATM group is an informal group of AAC members who are interested in amateur telescope making and observing the sky.
Anyone with an interest in ATMing or refining their observing skills is welcome to join.
Objectives
- To encourage and facilitate amateur telescope making (ATM)
- To encourage and facilitate observing the sky
- To obtain guidance and support during their telescope making endeavors or telescope maintenance
- To swap and share stuff, and hopefully, to have fun!
If you are interested in Telescope Making, please join us. We chat about gizmos and new toys as well as what may be of interest to all telescopeowners.
Example Homemade Scopes
Chuck Broward 10" Homemade Dobsonian Telescope Don Loftus 6" Home Made Dobsonian Telescope Remi Trujillo 16" Homemade dobsonian
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Useful Internet ResourcesThe best way to find resource is to use a search engine such as Google and type the particular keyword you might be interested in learning ATM.
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