Starry Starry Nights Tom's newest book shares nearly 30 years of his adventures of building and observing with some of the largest amateur telescopes in the world, and living the astronomer's dream.
Tectron Telescopes Tom's latest telescope making projects and the occasional scope for sale.
Astro Memories Sharing 30 years of being a telescope maker and amateur astronomer in photos.
The Chiefland Observers If you would you like to visit one of the finest observing sites in the country, here is our group's web page to get you started. This is your invitation to look through a 42". Email ahead please!
Talk to the Astronomy Gods - An article about observing with very large telescopes.
It's the Seeing, Mate - An article on large scope observing at the Winter Star Party
The Chiefland Experiment Part I Learn about how the Chiefland Astronomy Village was started.
The Chiefland Experiment Part II Read about living at and running an astronomy village.
Collimation Tom's article on collimation appeared in issue #17 of Amateur Astronomy Magazine and covers using Tectron collimation tools. They were designed by Tom in 1986 and produced until 2007 when Tom retired. For over 20 years they were the best collimation tools available.
Observing Etiquette If you are new to astronomy, here is an article to get you up to speed on how to fit in at observing events. This article first appeared in Sky and Telescope in 9/93, and it ran in Amateur Astronomy Magazine in #18, summer 1998.
The New Mexico Astronomy Village Time to fulfill your wildest observing dreams…