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Mel Bartel's home page The best resource on the Internet for the amateur telescope maker.
Jim's Gemini Binoscope Project This is Jim Lawrence's web site. He was my mentor and guide on DS-3. Be sure to check out his 300 mm Dob and 300 mm Bino. Notice the similarities and subtle differences between his Dob and DS-3.
The Sawdust Factory Another site that has nice, big, home grown scopes.
Greg Babcock's 18" ultralight This is a beautiful 18 inch ultralight.
Miata Scope, 10" The original MiataScope. I am amazed that a 10 inch telescope would fit!
Miata Scope clone, 15" A fabulous 15" that somehow fits in the trunk of a Miata. Another great design.
TravelScope, 13" Here is a 13" and 18" lightweight scope.
Albert's Telescopes and Astronomical Equipment The father of the Plettstone Mark III truss lightweight. Albert's Mark IV 12" ultralight was featured in Sky & Telescope, June 2005.
Eight inch briefcase telescope This is probably the smallest 8" scope that I have ever seen. Started with a briefcase, and went from there. Smart!

Orion Telescopes Great place for medium size telescopes and great equipment
Meade Telescopes and CCD equipment.
Celestron Telescopes
Obsession Telescopes Home of the original, and many feel, best of the BIG scopes.
Starmaster Another maker of quality large telescopes.
Starsplitter Also a maker of large, quality telescopes
AstroSystems Home of the TeleKit. This is a beautiful large telescope kit that you assemble yourself.
Protostar Secondary mounts and flocking paper.

Sky and Telescope - How to This fabulous group of articles covers everything for the beginning and experienced astronomer alike. This is a good place to start into the astronomy hobby.
Sky and Telescope - Observing Custom made maps of the night sky.
Sky and Telescope - Resources Invaluable! Be sure to check out clubs, and find one near you.
Cloudy Nights Check out the reviews here, they are great!

Chris Schur This is one of the best astrophotography sites anywhere. Chris and I met at EVAC in Phoenix.

Ben Davies telescope and links A fabulous list of links, including every part needed to build a telescope.
Keith's Getting Started in Astronomy This page has a wonderful beginning section, including many links for beginning astronomers.

Astro-Tom Great web site of a friend from AVAC club in Palmdale, California
Utah Skies This is a fabulous resource on deep sky objects. Go to "Deep Sky", check out Messier and Caldwell, at least.
SAC - Saguaro Astronomy Club Check out the "Things to View", lots of good lists of objects to find.
EVAC - East Valley Astronomy Club One of the best. Check out Equipment Reviews, Binoviewer Shootout. Also, check out the member web pages.
TAAS - The Albuquerque Astronomical Society My current club. Also one of the greatest astronomy clubs. It includes an ATM group, educational outreach group, great monthly meetings, fabulous star parties and a club observatory.