Telescope and CCD Camera References
Contents
General Resources
Telescope Manufacturers
Telescope Suppliers - New
Telescope Suppliers - Used
Amateur Telescope Manufacturing (ATM) Resources
Kit/Mirror/Optical Suppliers
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The Astronomy Shoppe
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AstroSystems, Inc., La Salle,
CO; 10"-30" truss tube telescope kits
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Crazy Ed Optical, Campbell, CA
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DFM Engineering; 0.4 m - 1.3
m Telescopes; Longmont, CO (303) 443-2031
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Losmandy Machining
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Murnaghan Instruments: FL (flip mirror;
filter wheels; filter sets)
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NASA
MSFC Optical Fabrication Facilities
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Optical Guidance Systems; telescopes
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Starmaster Portable Telescopes:
12.5 - 20"
Rt 1, Box 780; Arcadia, KS 66711; (316) 638-4743
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Starsplitter Telescopes: 12.5" - 30"
3228 Rikkard Dr.; Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (805) 492-0489
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Steward Observatory Mirror
Lab
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Telescopics
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Tele Vue Optics, Inc.
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Torus Precision Optics: 8"
- 14.5" OTAs, 0.4 m
(16"), 0.6 m (20"), 0.6 m (24") Telescopes
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TL Systems; platforms,
viewers
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Ultralight
Optics part of the Lunar
Telescope Project
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Van Slyke Engineering:
ports, filter wheels, spiders, etc.
12815 Porcupine Laine, Colorado Springs, CO 80908-3510; (719) 495-3828
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Domes:
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Ash Manufacturing Company
PO Box 312; Plainfield, IL 60544; (815) 436-9403
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Observa-Dome Laboratories;
371 Commerce Park Drive; Jackson, MS 39213; (601) 982-3333
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Technical Innovations Home-dome
& Pro-Dome
22500 Old Hundred Rd.; Barnesville, MD 20838; (301) 972-8040
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Mounts:
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Le Sueur Manufacturing Co., Inc.: Astro
Pier
3220 Lorna Road; Birmingham, Alabama 35216; (205) 822-0720
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Parallax Instruments: Geman equatorial mounts
8318 Pineville-Matthews Rd. Suite 708, Charlotte, NC 28226; (704) 542-4817
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Software Bisque Paramount GT-1100:
$9,500
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Mirrors & Coatings:
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Aluminum Coating: 6-10" Mirror
coatings
807 Rutherdale; San Carlos, CA; 94070-3733; alcoat@sirius.com
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ASM Products: Black Vitrified
Ceramic mirror blanks: 8-24", f/4.5
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Galaxy Optics; 18"+ mirrors;
PO Box 2045; Buena Vista, CO; (719) 395-8242
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Hextek: mirror blanks
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Newport Glass
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Nova Optical
Systems: 10 - 30" mirrors;
PO Box 80062, Cornish, UT 84308; (801) 258-5699; nova@digitalpla.net
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Pegasus Optics: 16-48" mirrors;
RR-5, Box 502, Huntsville, AR 72740; (501) 738-1650
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P.A. Clausing Inc.: mirror coatings;
8038 N. Monticello Ave.; Skokie, Illinois 60076-3438
Phone: (847) 676-0330, Fax: (847) 676-2930
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Swayze Optical; 12.5-30" mirrors;
700 NE 101st Ave., #31, Portland, OR 97220;
Phone: (503) 252-5009, Fax: (503) 335-3320
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Zambuto Optical Company, Ranier, Washington
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See also: JPL Materials
Sources
CCD Camera Manufacturers
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Apogee Instruments
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Celestron
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Infrared Laboratories:
IR Camera Systems
1808 East 17th St, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA;
Phone: (520) 622-7074; Fax: (520) 623-0765; Email: irlab@irlabs.com
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Meade
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Micro Luminetics; CCD Camera systems
with CCDs from Lockheed, SITe & TI.
3447 Greenfield Ave; Los Angeles, CA (310) 559-2615; Email: info@cryocam.com
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Photon Technology International (PTI):
NJ (intensified CCDs)
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Photometrics
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PixelVision (defunct?); OR
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Pyramid Imaging: Reseller
of Dalsa & PixelVision cameras; Tampa FL
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Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG)
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SpectraSource
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Starlite Express: U.S.A.:
Adirondack
Video Astronomy
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System Specialists, Inc.: IR
Camera Systems
4001 N. Runway Drive, #151, Tucson, AZ 85705;
Phone: (520) 292-9644, Fax: (520) 292-9621; Email: wpoteet@aol.com
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SW Cryostatics (no longer in business?)
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See Also:
CCD Camera Suppliers
CCD Engineering Laboratories
Infrared Cameras
Robotic/Automated Observatories
Non WWW Resources
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Greg Townsend (University of Akron), "Using Telescope Observations in Undergraduate
Astronomy Courses", The Physics Teacher, May 1998, pp. 290-291
Astronomy Observing Software
Telescope Purchasing Guides
General Astronomy Lists
Advanced Telescope
Materials
Drawing Sources:
Created: February, 1998
Last Modified: September 8, 2004
HTML Editor: Robert Bradbury