With Simple, Homemade Telescopes, You Can Explore the Stars (Op-Ed) One of my greatest joys in amateur astronomy has been in building my own equipment. The great Clyde Tombaugh originally inspired me to do this — a Kansas farmer's son, Tombaugh's plans for attending college were frustrated when a hailstorm ruined his family's crops. With no money for college, Tombaugh was devastated. Tombaugh was not one to quit, however, so in 1926, he built several telescopes ...
Feb. 26, 2014 - SPACE.com via Yahoo! News