TELESCOPE MAKERS’ CLUB

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25853, 25 May 1945, Page 7

TELESCOPE MAKERS’ CLUB

The Telescope Makers' Club held a meeting on Wednesday night at the Beverlv-Begg Observatory, the president. Dr S. B. Strain, being in the chair. There was a large attendance of telescope makers and beginners, including the club’s first junior member, Master G. C. Laing, aged 13, a pupil of the Otago Boys’ High School, who Intends starting work on a mirror. • , On a motion by Mr H. I. Sinclair, it was decided to hold a meeting on the third Friday of every month. At the next meeting it is hoped to start a practical demonstration, using two glass discs to make a seven-inch reflecting telescope, the work to be under the supervision of Mr W Gardner, one of New Zealand’s noted mirror makers. The question of a suitable clubroom centrally situated in the city was raised, and several members have promised to make inquiries. The meeting closed with an informal discussion on grinding and polishing methods, tubes and mountings, many members expressing surprise at the comparative cheapness of a home-made telescope.