In the April 2010 Sky & Telescope

"I'd like to get into telescope making, but I don't have a workshop." I've heard that one a few times over the years. In actual fact, you don't need a workshop. In my Telescope Workshop column, this month I'll tell you how you can make a scope in an apartment with only a few tools. Sure, you have to go about things a little differently, but it's certainly "doable."

In Binocular Highlights, I showcase an odd couple below the southernmost pointer star in the bowl of the Dipper. M97 and M108 are both challenging binocular objects, but that's where the similarities end — M108 is a distant galaxy, while M97 is one of the Messier list's few planetary nebulae.