8 Inch F/8 by Keerthi Kiran, Bengaluru, KA, India

Keerthi work as a software architect and made his telescope with hand made 8 inch, F/8 mirror in 2009. Please read his telescope making journey in his own words below 🙂 Hello, I am Keerthi Kiran. I am an amateur astronomer from Bangalore. I am also an Astrophotographer with an interest in DIY. I work

11 inch, F/8 by Pavan Kadam & Friends, Nashik, MH

Pavan Gulabrao Kadam works for HAL in its Nashik division made an 11 inch F/8 mirror along with his friends Sushant Rajole, Hemant Adhav and Ashok Mokal in year 2007. At that time it was the largest telescope in Nashik area and probably the largest mirror made by any amateur in India. This telescope won accolades and a prize

6 inch F/8 by Aasif Kamal, Mandi Dhanura, UP, India

Aasif works as an Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) for Indian Railway and has keen interest in astronomy and telescope making. He completed his black beauty (as he calls it!) 6 inch, F/8 telescope using a commercial mirror and optics in May 2020. Moon and partial Sun eclipse pics taken by his telescope were covered by

6 inch F/6 by Gaurav Babar, Pune, MH, India

Gaurav is an aero-modeler and amateur astronomer from Pune. He has made a very compact 6″ F/6 truss tube telescope. Gaurav ground and polish his own mirror and first light was seen in March 2018 Mesier Marathon near Lingana Fort. His entire scope is hand crafted except the focuser. 12 mm plywood is used for

Telescopes by Jai Singh Neeraj, Pratapgarh, UP, India

Shri Jai Singh Neeraj, fondly called “Neeraj” is an English language teacher and is a very enthusiastic telescope mirror maker. He has made several telescopes and have written several articles about astronomy and telescope making. He made more than 20 hand ground mirrors during the Covid lockdown. Neeraj also administer a WhatsApp group of Indian

5″, F/8 by Dr. Nayeem Khatib, Kolhapur, MH, India

Nayeem is a Maxillofacial surgeon by profession and a hobby amateur astronomer. He made his scope in year 2014 and it features a 125 mm, 1020mm FL mirror made by someone. Nayeem has designed and made a beautiful mount for this telescope using CAD software and cut the components using a laser cutter. Nayeem has