Back to Article List Explore Scientific’s 12-inch Truss Tube Dobsonian This telescope offers top-notch construction and high-quality optics, and is easy to set up and use, as well.

The same bare-bones 6-inch f/8 Dobsonian-mounted reflector telescope that’s appropriate for the beginner will also satisfy your needs.

Mark Thompson became interested in astronomy when he was 10 years old. From there, he went on to build his own Dobsonian telescope.

Like the Very Large Telescope, the new telescope is an optical reflecting telescope, meaning that it uses a mirror to collect light and form an image. Construction began in 2017.

Construction of the world's largest telescope moves forward with progress of the dome and housing for the primary mirror.

Dobsonian telescopes have made important contributions to astronomy, including the discovery in 1995 of Comet Hale-Bopp, the farthest comet ever discovered by amateurs.

In Chilean tradition, this ceremony is known as Tijerales, and was celebrated on April 16, 2025 with a traditional barbeque for the crew. The ceremony was also livestreamed to ESO's headquarters in ...