V. Telescope Parts (finders, focusers, eyepieces, etc., etc.)

V. Telescope Parts (finders, focusers, eyepieces, etc., etc.)


1700 Destiny

PO BOX 5191, Pleasanton, CA 94566, Tel 925-846-4200 or 800-337-8469, fax 925-249-0199 Supplier of curved spiders for Newtonians and secondary mirrors, with more to come. Also provides spherometers for the mirror maker. Visit http://www.1800destiny.com or email hans@1800destiny.com

Aeroquest Machining

HCO2 BOX 7334-E, Palmer, Alaska 99645. (907) 745-1019 Fax (907) 745-4091 Visit www.aeroquest-machining.com or Email aeroqst@mtaonline.net A nice line of drives and focusers/off-axis guiders.

Apogee Inc.

P.O. Box 136, Union, IL, 60180-0136, 815-568-2880 or fax 815-568-1988, orders toll free (877) 923-1602 Go to Apogee...or...email apogee@mc.net Optical and astronomical surplus including fiberglass telescope tubes, eyepieces, motors, finder scopes, and optics. Dealer for Televue, Lomo and others. A full service firm with specialty parts for the ATM.

Archer Optics

5360 East Hunter Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92806, Phone: (714) 695-1211 Fax: (714) 695-1411Visit Archer Optics OK, here's one of those things that you might not need all the time, but when you need one, nothing else will do. Archer is a source of standard and custom reticles on glass, including crosshairs and measuring scales. Several standard patterns, and they do customs.

AstroSystems, Inc.

124 N. Second Street, LaSalle, CO 80645, Phone 970-284-9471, Fax 970-284-9473

Go To AstroSystems ...or... email info@astrosystems.biz Primarily parts for big Dobsonians. Truss tubes, mirror cells, formica, secondaries, focusers, huge elevation bearings (like on the Obsession scopes), and more. Produces telescope kits.

Burgess Optical Co.

7756 Oak Ridge Hwy., Knoxville, Tennessee, 37931, USA, (865) 769-8777 A variety of accessories for the telescope maker and astronomer, including tripods, finders, mounts, and eyepieces. Most items available through dealers, some direct. Go to Burgess Optical

Ceravolo Optical Systems

Peter Ceravolo, Box 1427, Ogdensburg, NY 13669 (613) 258-4480 Supplies for Interferometry, testing for ATM's, instruction booklets, interferometer parts and analysis software. Go visit Ceravolo Optical Systems or email peter@ceravolo.com

Equatorial Platforms

15736 McQuiston Lane, Grass Valley, CA 95945, (530) 274-9113 Tom Osypowski, Complete line of single and dual axis Poncet platforms, for putting a motorized tracking capability on your Dobsonian. Go To Equatorial Systems or email tomosy@nccn.net

KineOptics

120 Golden Pheasant Dr., Slidell, LA 70461-3116 An interesting focuser - a Helical Crayford. Visit KineOptics or email... joe@kineoptics.com

Jim's Mobile Inc.

810 Quail St. Unit E., Lakewood, CO 80215 Orders 800-247-0304, info 303-233-5353 Better known as JMI, the makers of the NGT-18 telescope. Visit JMI or email info@jimsmobile.com They carry one of the largest lines of focusers on the market, including motorfocusers. All JMI focusers are Crayford type, often considered the best. They also carry NGC Max computers.

Losmandy Astronomical Products

Hollywood General Machining, Inc.,1033 N. Sycamore Avenue Los Angeles, California 90038, TEL: 323-462-2855, FAX: 323-462-2682 Fine, rugged mounts and accessories (although a bit biased to German Equatorials), Losmandy mounts and components are sold by Celestron and other big companies. They sell direct as well. Visit http://www.losmandy.com/ or email scott@losmandy.com

Malco Precision Products

138 B Lamar St., West Babylon, NY 11704, Phone 631 253-0720, Fax 631 491-5519 Parts for Truss style Dobsonians designed for quick assembly and disassembly. Brackets for the bottom box and top cage to accept aluminum poles. One size of aluminum poles (you cut to final length). All parts are Stainless Steel or Black Anodized Al., except the upper clamps which are Galvanized Steel. Visit http://www.malcoprecision.com/ or Email mal@malcoprecision.com

MC Telescopes

MC Telescopes, RR #3 Box 3745, Nicholson, PA 18446, PHONE: (570)942-6838 MC is a truss telescope manufacturer that sells mirror cells, diagonal holders, bearings and other parts useful to the ATM. Visit http://www.mctelescopes.com/ or EMAIL: jm@mctelescopes.com

Moonlight Telescope Accessories

114 Ardmore Ave., Danville, PA 17821. Ph: 570-275-7935 Supplier of Crayford focusers, helical focuser and laser collimator. Visit MTA or email... moonlite@focuser.com

Motion Control Systems

P.O. Box 19632, Portland, OR 97280, 503-244-0503 Telescope Mounts and accessories, catalog $2.

Opti-Craft Machining

33918 Macomb, Farmington, MI, 48335, (810)-476-5893 "Quality clock drives and telescope accessories", according to the catalog. Highly precise gears, worm drives.

Orion Telescope and Binocular Center

2450 17th Avenue, PO Box 1158 Santa Cruz, CA 95061 800-447-1001 Orion has gradually become a complete supplier for ATMs: spiders, diagonals, focusers, mirror cells, finders, filters, eyepieces, barlows, etc.. One of America's largest dealers. They have several email addresses: Sales/Product Info, New Product department, and Customer Support should help you get started, or Go To Orion Telescope Center

Parks Optical Co.

Parks Optical, 750 East Easy St., Simi Valley, CA 93065 USA (805) 522-6722, Fax (805) 522-0033 markets parts used in their telescopes; mirror cells, spiders, focusers, mounts, clock drives, correctors, eyepieces, etc. Go To Go To Parks Telescopes ...or email... parksoptical@parksoptical.com

Precise Parts

Phone 305 253-5707 or fax 305 253-5642
Need a custom part for your design? These guys offer custom machining services for small metal parts, generally up to 6" diameter or 18" long. That special bearing or adapter may be closer and cheaper than you think. Go to Precise Parts or email inquire@preciseparts.com

ProtoStar

P.O. Box 448, Worthington, Ohio 43085, Toll Free Order Line 1-866-227-6240. Secondary holders and spiders for Newtonian and Cassegrain telescopes. Pyrex and quartz secondary mirrors. Pre-flocked phenolic telescope tubes. Flocked tube liners. Light absorbing material (i.e. "flocked paper"). Go To ProtoStar, or Email protostar@fpi-protostar.com.

Photon Instument, Ltd.

122 E. Main St, Mesa, AZ 85201 (602)-835-1767 or (800)-574-2589 Restorations, optical testing, unobstructed reflectors, as well as custom telescope manufacturing.

Russell Optics and Machine

520-564-2886 Provides a small line of custom machined parts as well as used parts. Go to Russell Optics

Scope City

1-800-235-3344 (National); 1-800-847-2673 (California) Scope City is a major astronomy dealer, like Orion (also out of California). A large store like Orion, but with apparently less options for the ATM. They carry some finders, and mounting rings that might be useful, but more in the line of what commercial scope owners will be looking for. Visit Scope City or email scopecity@scopecity.com

ScopeStuff

5303 Live Oak Cove, Round Rock, TX 78681 Accessories and hardware, including servomotors and encoders, CB245 Cookbook camera parts, lots of little things for modifying/improving commercial scopes. Visit http://www.scopestuff.com/ or email jimh@scopestuff.com

SOFT-TEC Systems

9333 Crowley Rd., Suite A, Fort Worth, TX 76134-5904, (800) 354-1256 / (817) 293-8446 / fax (817)293-8606 sells "SKY PROBE 1000" Telescope Positioning System, SW for PC. motor driver electronics and cables, hand control, stepper motors.

Stardrive Systems

233 Bannock St., Denver, CO 303-722-4104 Mirror cells, 4-1/4 to 20"

Starlight Instruments

P.O. Box 68282, Schaumburg, IL 60168-0282, phone: 847-985-9595 High quality Crayford focusers. Got to Starlight Instruments or Email: dschmidt@megsinet.net

TL Systems

2184 Primrose Ave., Vista, CA 92084, ph/fax-619-599-4219 Equatorial platform and binocular viewer kits. Go To TL Systems ...or... Email tlsystem@ix.netcom.com

Tech2000

3349 SR99 S, Monroeville OH 444847, (419) 465-2997 Go To Tech2000 .  Dob Driver II computerized drive systems for commercial or homemade Dobsonians.

Tele Vue

Tele Vue Optics, Inc., 32 Elkay Dr., Chester, NY 10918, 845-469-4551 Best known for their eyepieces, they also carry other accessories. Visit Tele Vue

University Optics

P.O.Box 1205, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 phone 800-521-2828, Fax 734-665-1815 Focusers, finders, mirror cells, CCD camera kits for the Cookbook Camera, telescope tubes. Go to University Optics

Yazoo Mills

P.O. Box 369, New Oxford, PA 17350, 717-624-8993, or 800-242-5216, fax 717-624-4220
Paper tubes, intended for shipping, but good for small telescopes, up to 8" ID. visit Yazoo Mills ...or email: sales@yazoomills.com

Canada

Arnold Optics

(Barry Arnold) 433 Sioux Road, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada T8A 4H2 Phone/Fax:(780) 467-4781 Newtonian primary cells, custom-built with larger optic sets. Machine shop services for optical parts. Small parts aluminum anodizing. Direct vision prism type spectroscope.

DAR Astro Machining

1610 Churchill Ave.,London, Ontario, Canada, N5W 2K9 Currently mirror cells and focusers, with more planned. Contact Joseph O'Neil. Email joneil@oneilphoto.on.ca .. or Go To DAR Astro Machining

Europe


TPOINT SOFTWARE

19 Sutton Wick Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4HH, United Kingdom tel/fax +44 1235 531198 Go To Tpoint Did you ever wonder how the big professional observatories achieve the telescope pointing accuracies that they need? One answer is software sold by TPOINT, Telescope Modeling Software. "TPOINT is a unique interactive modeling tool used on the majority of the World's largest telescopes. TPOINT analyses pointing observations to discover and measure misalignments and flexures, which the telescope's control system can then allow for. "


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  1. The perfect list, my brother is an astronomer, he has high requirements for telescope accessories, this post should be useful to him.

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