DIY binoculars

>>1027098
Building a telescope would probably be a better thing to do.

>>1027100
What, no need to bump a thread on this board.

>>1027102
Yeah it's easier, but I prefer the stereoscopic view that a binocular provides.

But, technically, it would just be a matter of building two telescopes and then put them together, no?

>>1027098

>>1027102
This.

Or alternatively i'd recommend building a video binoculars. Get two camera modules (Just get a sharp or sony HAD so that the image is not noisy), s-mount (M12) lenses and two LCD modules. Add wiring, power and viewing lenses.

From here you're just a few steps away from stereoscopic night vision and various other fun DIY things.

>>1027104
>But, technically, it would just be a matter of building two telescopes and then put them together, no?
No, binoculars are much more complex. DIY telescopes are mostly newtonian, that is you need to shape a single mirror only, the other is flat and the eyepiece is on the side.

I expect you want your binoculars not to invert the image. That's extra complexity.
You also need to make sure that the axis in both oculars is 3D parallel. That's also extra complexity.
And you need to adjust the focus; in telescopes, you just slide the eyepiece in a slightly larger tube, and that's fine enough. For binoculars, this would not work.
Also, chromatic aberrations – are you able to DIY achromatic lenses or you're fine with color shift?

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>>1027102
???

>>1027098
>>1027102
If you're interested in this here is a website that is devoted to this sort of thing. There is also an interesting documentary with a guy who shows you how to build a simple telescope, but i forget his name and the name of the documentary. He was associated with this website however.

http://www.sidewalkastronomers.us/id5.html