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Here are some of the 2016 TSP Amateur Telescope-making entries!

 

Robert Kieras (Austin, TX) – 16” Auto-collimating Optical Bench
Overall Winner

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Fred Gassert – Wichita, KS – 18” compact Dobsonian
Telescope Design Award

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George Semple (Melissa , TX) 
Telescope Upgrade Design Award

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Bob Van Gulick (Austin, TX) – Binocular Mount & Chair

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Howard J Brewington (Las Cruces, NM) – 8” scratch built reflector, (inc mirror)

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Dawn Davies (Austin, TX) – Rebuilt and improved Dobsonian base damaged by TSP 2015 rains

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Brian Lippincott (Austin, TX) – Solar observing accessories – filter holder, shield and sun seeker.

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Eliot Neel (Fayetteville, AR) – Upgrades to his 10” Garden Telescope project

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Eliot Neel (Fayetteville, AR) – 16” swing through Newtonian with removable mirror box

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