Telescope and CCD Camera References

Contents

• General Resources
• Telescope Manufacturers
• Telescope Suppliers: New
• Telescope Suppliers: Used
• Amateur Telescope Manufacturing (ATM) Resources
• Telescope/Mirror Kits
• CCD Camera Manufacturers
• CCD Camera Suppliers
• Infrared Cameras
• Robotic/Automated Observatories
• Telescope Purchasing Guides
• Astronomy Links
• Advanced Telescope Materials
• Astronomy Drawing

General Resources

• American Astronomical Society
• AstroWeb: Astronomy and Astrophysics Internet Resources
• The Astronomy Net
• International Astronomical Union
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• SPIE
• Yahoo Astronomy and  Telescopes Pages
• Telescopes in Education @ NASA JPL
• Astronomy Vendors @ seds.org

• Publishers & Magazines
• Kalmbach Publishing: Astronomy
• Sky Publishing: Sky & Telescope; CCD Astronomy; Marketplace
• Observatory Techniques Magazine
• Willmann-Bell (publishers)
• Astronomy Resource Mall
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Starparties; Astronomy's Star Parties

Telescope Manufacturers

• Astro-Physics [@ Company 7]
• Celestron
• Criterion
• Jim's Mobile, Inc. (JMI)  [@ Company 7]; NGT-18; NTT-25 (800) 247-0304
• Meade
• Obsession Dobsonian Telescopes; 18-25", Lake Mills, WI
• Questar
• Takahashi
• Telestar
• StarMaster - 8"-22" Portable Dobsonian telescopes
• TeleVue [@ Company 7]

Telescope Suppliers - New

• Astronomics; OK
• Astroptx; CT
• Company 7; MD
• Earth & Sky
• Eagle Optics, WI
• Hunt's Photo & Video: MA
• Lumicon: 2111 Research Dr.; Livermoe, CA
• LX200 SCHMIDT-CASSEGRAINS
• CELESTRON TELESCOPES
• Mag1 Instruments;
• Oceanside Photo & Telescope
• Orion Telescope; CA
• Software Bisque; CO
• Spectra-Astro; CA
• Starry Messenger; NY [used telescopes]
• Stellar Vision; Tuscon, AZ
• What In The World: CA

Telescope Suppliers - Used

• Astromart
• Internet Amateur Astronomer Catalog Web Archive (NetAstroCatalog)
• Internet Telescope Exchange
• Surplus Shack
• Telescope Warehouse, Inc.
• TeleTrade

Amateur Telescope Manufacturing (ATM) Resources

• The ATM Page
• The ATM Journal
• San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomer Dobsonian Plans
• JPL's Sidewalk Telescope Plans
• Bob Lombardi's ATM Resource List; Alternate Location [Local Copy, 3/5/98)
• Mel Bartel's ATM Page Pointers and  Computerized Dobsonian site
• Matt Marulla's ATM Page
• Eric Remy's ATM Page
• Stellafane
• Tallahassee Astronomical Society: TAS' Amateur Telescope Making Home Page
• Mark Vandewettering's Home Planet; Telescope Making; CCD Imaging
• #ATM IRC Channel Launch Page
• Wolfgang Birkfellner's European ATM Resources List
•  TASS (The Amateur Sky Survey); John.E. Bush's TASS Notes
• Tom Droege
• Michael Richmond
• Cyberscopes
• Personal Home Pages
• Bruce Sayre's 20" notes
• Elwood Downey's Observatory and Dobsonian
• Jay Cousins
• Jim P. Crombie's: Truss style telescope construction; ATM construction
• Mel Bartel's: ATM Page Pointers; Computerizing/motorizing Alt-Az/dobsonians
• Jerry Pinter's Construnction Notes
• Dan Bakken's Hercules 41.2"
• Gary Wolanski's Projects
• J. Christopher Westland's 20" f/4.5 Graphite Composite Scope
• Victor Pollock's Mirror Making Pages
• Ray Cash Le Pennec's Vanity Page

Kit/Mirror/Optical Suppliers

• The Astronomy Shoppe
• AstroSystems, Inc., La Salle, CO; 10"-30" truss tube telescope kits
• Crazy Ed Optical, Campbell, CA
• DFM Engineering; 0.4 m - 1.3 m Telescopes; Longmont, CO (303) 443-2031
• Losmandy Machining
• Murnaghan Instruments: FL (flip mirror; filter wheels; filter sets)
• NASA MSFC Optical Fabrication Facilities
• Optical Guidance Systems; telescopes
• Starmaster Portable Telescopes: 12.5 - 20"

Rt 1, Box 780; Arcadia, KS 66711; (316) 638-4743
• Starsplitter Telescopes: 12.5" - 30"

3228 Rikkard Dr.; Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (805) 492-0489
• Steward Observatory Mirror Lab
• Telescopics
• Tele Vue Optics, Inc.
• Torus Precision Optics: 8" - 14.5" OTAs, 0.4 m (16"), 0.6 m (20"), 0.6 m (24") Telescopes
• TL Systems; platforms, viewers
• Ultralight Optics part of the Lunar Telescope Project
• Van Slyke Engineering: ports, filter wheels, spiders, etc.

12815 Porcupine Laine, Colorado Springs, CO 80908-3510; (719) 495-3828
• Domes:
• Ash Manufacturing Company

PO Box 312; Plainfield, IL 60544; (815) 436-9403
• Observa-Dome Laboratories;

371 Commerce Park Drive; Jackson, MS 39213; (601) 982-3333
• Technical Innovations Home-dome & Pro-Dome

22500 Old Hundred Rd.; Barnesville, MD 20838; (301) 972-8040
• Mounts:
• Le Sueur Manufacturing Co., Inc.: Astro Pier

3220 Lorna Road; Birmingham, Alabama 35216; (205) 822-0720
• Parallax Instruments: Geman equatorial mounts

8318 Pineville-Matthews Rd. Suite 708, Charlotte, NC 28226; (704) 542-4817
• Software Bisque Paramount GT-1100: $9,500

 
• Mirrors & Coatings:
• Aluminum Coating: 6-10" Mirror coatings

807 Rutherdale; San Carlos, CA; 94070-3733; alcoat@sirius.com
• ASM Products: Black Vitrified Ceramic mirror blanks: 8-24", f/4.5
• Galaxy Optics; 18"+ mirrors;

PO Box 2045; Buena Vista, CO; (719) 395-8242
• Hextek: mirror blanks
• Newport Glass
• Nova Optical Systems: 10 - 30" mirrors;

PO Box 80062, Cornish, UT 84308; (801) 258-5699; nova@digitalpla.net
• Pegasus Optics: 16-48" mirrors;

RR-5, Box 502, Huntsville, AR 72740; (501) 738-1650
• P.A. Clausing Inc.: mirror coatings;

8038 N. Monticello Ave.; Skokie, Illinois 60076-3438
Phone: (847) 676-0330,  Fax: (847) 676-2930
• Swayze Optical; 12.5-30" mirrors;

700 NE 101st Ave., #31, Portland, OR 97220;
Phone: (503) 252-5009, Fax: (503) 335-3320
• Zambuto Optical Company, Ranier, Washington
• See also: JPL Materials Sources

CCD Camera Manufacturers

• Apogee Instruments
• Celestron
• 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
• Meade
• Micro Luminetics; CCD Camera systems with  CCDs from Lockheed, SITe & TI.
  3447 Greenfield Ave; Los Angeles, CA (310) 559-2615; Email: info@cryocam.com
• Photon Technology International (PTI): NJ (intensified CCDs)
• Photometrics
• PixelVision (defunct?); OR
• Pyramid Imaging: Reseller of Dalsa & PixelVision cameras; Tampa FL
• Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG)
• SpectraSource
• Starlite Express: U.S.A.: Adirondack Video Astronomy
• 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
• SW Cryostatics (no longer in business?)
• See Also:
• Brooke Clarke's: Astronomical CCD & Night Vision Devices (extensive)
• The CCD-world: List Information & Archives

CCD Camera Suppliers

• Astronomics; OK
• Company 7; MD

CCD Engineering Laboratories

• MIT Lincoln Labs
• UCO/Lick Observatory CCD Lab

Infrared Cameras

• CIRSI (Cambridge Infra Red Survey Instrument) (Sackler) Camera
• NIRT (@KECK)

Robotic/Automated Observatories

• Other Indexes
• Apogee Instruments: Robotic Observatories
• Norwich Astronomical Society Robotic (Automated) Observatories
• Bradford Robotic Telescope's Automated Telescopes Page and a copy by M. Y. Chun's Remote and Robotic Observatories at the Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory
• Mike Otis' Robotic Cyber Space Telescope Links
• Torus Precision Optics Projects Page
• Internet World May 1996 - Roboscopes
• Researcher Pages
• Dr. Gregory W. Henry: @ Vanderbilt, @ Tennessee State University
• Dr. Phil Lubin @ U.C. Santa Barbara
• Research Projects:
• Associate Principal Astronomer (APA) Project: Planning, Scheduling, and Control for Automatic Telescopes
• Flexible Scheduling of Automatic Telescopes over the Internet, Mark Drummond

(copy @ electric-time)
• ATIS Dispatch Scheduling of Robotic Telescopes, Gregory W. Henry
• Global Network of Automatic Telescopes (GNAT)
• New Generation Astronomical Telescopes (NGAT) Project
• Univ. Michigan Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment (ROTSE); Carl Akerlof
• UCSB AstrophysicsRAAP (Remotely Operated Telescope)
• Fairborn Observatory:
• Tenessee State University Robofarm at Mt. Fairborns, AZ.
• Time-Series Stellar Photometry with a Robotic Telescope

and The University of Vienna Twin Automatic Photoelectric Telescope
• Phoenix 10 Photometric Telescope
• Fenton Hill Observatory (@ LANL)
• Earthwatch Student Challenge Awards Program
• Berkeley Automated Imaging Telescopes: Leuschner Observatory; Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope
• Bradford Robotic Telescope
• GNAT: Global Network of Automated Telescopes
• University of California Santa Barbara: Remote Observation Telescope
• University of Iowa's Automated Telescope Facility (and SOFTWARE)
• BREC, LSU, BRAS Highland Road Park Observatory
• Indiana University RoboScope and RoboScope Data Archive; Automated Telescope Project
• University of Illinois (@Urbana-Champaign): Stardial telescope
• Mt. Wilson Observatory: 24-inch reflector
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)Autoscope Home Page
• Catinia Automatic Photoelectric Telescope (APT)
• Clear Sky Institute; Elwood Downey
• Norway Deep Sky ExplorationNGT Study Group

Non WWW Resources

• Greg Townsend (University of Akron), "Using Telescope Observations in Undergraduate Astronomy Courses", The Physics Teacher, May 1998, pp. 290-291

Astronomy Observing Software

• Axiom Research
• Clear Sky Institute; Elwood Downey
• Cyanogen
• David Chandler's DeepSpace
• Sienna
• Optical Base 1.0: Telescope Design
• Software Bisque

Telescope Purchasing Guides

• Astro-Product Reviews
• Dennis Bishop/David Nashsci.astro.amateur FAQ
• Buying Guide to Telescopes, Binoculars, and Accessories
• Purchasing Amateur Telescopes FAQ (@ Science Museum of Virginia)
• Jay Reynolds Freemans (freeman@netcom.com)
• Recomendations for Beginning Astronomers [local copy; 3/5/98]
• Recommendations for Beginning Astronomers (older intro page?)
• Michael Edelman's Heretic's Telescope Guide
• Norwich Astronomical SocietyFAQs
• RASC A Guide to Purchasing Your First Telescope by David Marchand

General Astronomy Lists

• Astronomy Resources
• Deep Sky Astronomy
• Internet Resources for Astronomy
• Observatories, Planetariums, & Telescopes Links
• Todd Gross' Astronomy Fun
• David McDavid's Bookmarks
• Mountain InstrumentsLinks
• WWW Virtual Library - Astronomy & Astrophysics page

Advanced Telescope Materials

• Advanced Materials Newsletter; Prior Issues
• Aerospace Composites, San Leandro, CA
• Bryte Technologies, San Jose, CA
• Akzo Nobel Fortafil Fibers, Knoxville, TN; Phone: (800) 252-3001 Fax: (423) 694-7547
• Zoltek Companies, St. Louis, MO; carbon fibers

Drawing Sources:

• John Whatmough, JTW Inc.