In 1925, a Kansas farm boy built his own telescope from scratch. Five years later, his homemade astronomy led him to discover Pluto
- PC: Space.comLong before Clyde Tombaugh was searching the skies from an observatory in Arizona, he was a farm boy trying to make sense of the night above his family's home.
- The first telescope he owned was bought from Sears, but it soon failed to satisfy him.
- By 1925, he was building his own instruments, with help from his father, who took on extra work to pay for the materials.
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- PC: Space.comLong before Clyde Tombaugh was searching the skies from an observatory in Arizona, he was a farm boy trying to make sense of the night above his family's home.
- The first telescope he owned was bought from Sears, but it soon failed to satisfy him.
- By 1925, he was building his own instruments, with help from his father, who took on extra work to pay for the materials.
Sources: Times of India