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Where to Buy a Telescope: A list of dealers and manufacturers
By Jeff Kanipe
Special to SPACE.com
posted: 04:05 pm ET
19 June 2000
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V This is not an exhaustive list of manufacturers and dealers, but includes many of those with active websites. Check the advertising pages of Sky & Telescope or Astronomy magazines for more listings, or use your favorite internet search engine. TELESCOPE MANUFACTURERS Astro-Physics, Inc. Rockford, IL www.astro-physics.com -- 4-, 5-, and 6-inch refractors Celestron International Torrance, CA www.celestron.com -- SCTs, refractors, reflectors (both equatorial and Dobsonian), and the "NexStar" computer-driven telescope (5- and 8-inch models) Coulter Optical West Palm Beach, FL www.murni.com -- Dobsonians telescopes (8- to 13-inch models) Discovery Telescopes Oceanside, CA www.discovery-telescopes.com -- Truss-style 12-, 15-, and 17.5-inch Dobsonian telescopes Edmund Scientific Barrington, NJ www.scientificsonline.com The Astroscan 2001 Jim's Mobile, Inc. Lakewood, CA www.jimsmobile.com -- 6-, 12.5- and 18-inch Newtonian reflectors Meade Instruments Corporation Irvine, CA www.meade.com -- SCTs, refractors, reflectors (both equatorial and Dobsonian) and the "Autostar" computer-driven telescope (3.5- and 5-inch models) Obsession Telescopes Lake Mills, WI www.globaldialog.com/~obsessiontscp/obhp.html -- Large to huge Dobsonian reflectors (up to 30 inches) Starsplitter Telescopes Thousand Oaks, CA www.starsplitter.com Stellarvue Auburn, CA www.stellarvue.com -- 3-, 3.5- and 4-inch refractors; Nagler eyepieces Celestron International Torrance, CA www.celestron.com Meade Instruments Corporation Irvine, CA www.meade.com Televue (mfr. Nagler eyepieces) Suffern, NY www.televue.com TELESCOPE DEALERS Most of the telescope manufacturer's listed above, as well as some not listed, distribute their telescopes to many of the following dealers. Adorama New York, NY www.adoramacamera.com Amateur Electronic Supply Milwaukee, WI www.aesham.com Anacortes Telescope & Wild Bird Anacortes, WA www.buytelescopes.com Andromeda Astronomy Mall Grand Forks, ND http://www.m31mall.com/ Astronomics Norman, OK www.astronomics.com Astronomy Mall www.astronomymall.org Astronomy Shoppe Phoenix, AZ www.darkskyinc.com/xmain.html Camera Corner Burlington, NC www.camcor.com Focus Camera Brooklyn, NY www.focuscamera.com Hardin Optical Company Bandon, OR www.hardin-optical.com Khan Scope Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada www.Khanscope.com Lumicon Livermore and San Francisco, CA www.lumicon.com F. C. Meichsner Co., Inc. Boston, MA www.meichsner.com The Observatory Dallas, TX www.TheObservatoryInc.com Oceanside Photo & Telescope Oceanside, CA www.optcorp.com Orion Telescopes and Binoculars Santa Cruz, CA www.telescope.com Pocono Mountain Optics Moscow, PA; Las Vegas, NV www.pocmtnop.com Rivers Camera Shop Dover, NH www.riverscamera.com Scope City Locations in California www.scopecity.com ScopeTronix Cape Coral, FL www.scopetronix.com Shutan Camera & Video Vernon Hills, IL www.shutan.com Skywatch Products Fort Worth, TX http://members.aol.com/skywatchpr/home/html The Telescope Store Keene, NH www.telescopes-earth.com Texas Nautical Repair Houston, TX www.lsstnr.com The Sky Plus Pittsburgh, PA www.theskyplus.com Wholesale Optics New Milford, CT www.astroptx.com Woodland Hills Camera Woodland Hills, CA www.telescopes.net
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