Courtesy photo/Catherine Holestine, Big Bend Community CollegeBig Bend physics instructor Jim Hamm (right) works helps a student build "the frugal telescope" during class in 2002. Hamm has continued the project for 10 years and estimates about 100 students have constructed telescopes.
May 12, 2008
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May 12, 2008 9 p.m.
Big Bend students make telescopes on the cheap
MOSES LAKE - Using plywood, sticky felt and PVC pipe, Kimberly Cobb carefully assembled a homemade refracting telescope on Thursday that only cost her $55.