Talk:List of astronomical instrument makers

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Ibn al-Haytham: What instrument?

While Ibn al-Haytham is noteworthy for his work in astronomy, what astronomical instrument is he credited with? Specifically, what instrument did he employ for observing or modeling astronomic bodies?Mavigogun (talk) 05:12, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have RM'ed his entry since he is an optician and is not cited as having invented any astronomical instruments. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 21:08, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed - what is this a list of?

What is the scope of this list? It seems to list many pre - telescope citations so I assume we are talking about Astrolabes, etc as well as optical telescopes. Almost every astronomer could be said to have made his own instrument...(in which case this would become List of astronomers...already exists). People like John Dobson (astronomer) made telescopes but so did several thousand other Amateur telescope makers. Maybe this should be changed to List of astronomical instrument inventors and the list weeded out to just referenced examples. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 21:53, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]