Last revised: April 15, 2007
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4193 Tallmadge Road, Rootstown, OH 44272 (216-325-1722) Newtonian Mirrors, also flats.
Coulter Optical (R), Part of MURNAGHAN Instruments Corp. 1781 Primrose Ln., W. Palm Beach, FL 33414, Ph. (561) 795-2201 Fax: (561) 795-9889 Or go to Coulter Optical When the old Coulter Optical in California closed due to the owner's death, the name and products were obtained by Murnaghan Instruments Corp. They now sell the Coulter Optical Odyssey scopes, and mirrors, as well as secondaries, telescope kits, mirrors and ATM Components (spiders, brackets, etc.). Sizes range from 6" f/8 up to 13.1" f/4.5.
6490 Lemon Street, East Petersburg, PA 17520 717-560-1519 ...or...email dgoptical@aol.com or visit... http://www.dgoptical.com/ Refractor objectives, apochromatic (5.1") and achromats (5 -12") Refractor Tube Assemblies (OTAs) 5" to 12" Classical Cassegrain sets and OTAs. Also parabolic mirrors through 20". Refigures finished mirrors.
dept 10B1, N919 Edscorp Bldg, Barington, NJ 08007 Edmund is not the astro company they once were, but they do carry a lot of lenses and some other optical components. Go to Edmund Scientific.
P.O. Box 413, Placienta, CA 92670 714-524-7520 Newtonian and Cassegrain Optics, 6" to 24", Elliptical flats to 6".
David Harbour, 610 N 14th, Enid, OK 73701(No phone). Mirror grinding and finishing (no coating), mirror refiguring, testing and evaluation. Contact by mail only.
P.O. Box 2045, Buena Vista, CO 81211 719-395-8242 A very well respected name in finished mirrors. 18" minimum. Go To Galaxy or email info@GalaxyOptics.com
HCR 74, Box 106 Fort Davis, TX 79734-5002 Phone: (915) 426-3880 Fax: (915) 426-3274 A firm that specializes in high quality optics for the laser market as well as professional astronomy. They have built optics for the McDonald Observatory, including spectrograph optics, the 25" main flat for the Supernova Search Telescope, and the new Hobby-Eberly telescope. Specialists in flats and spheres, but seem to be willing to sell to amateurs.
275 East 100 North, P. O. Box 51 Willard UT 84340, (801) 723-5568, Primary mirrors 6-30", focusers, eyepieces and mounts.
P. O. Box 14271, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96151,TEL/FAX: (530) 577-4328 John Lightholder produces custom Newtonian mirrors in 10" to 28" sizes. Written guarantee of optical performance of "1/8 wave at the wavefront, twice as precise as the industry 1/4 wave standard". See the webpage for more details. Go to Lightholder Optics ...or email...lpo@netfeed.com.
P.O. Box 80062, Cornish, UT 84308, (801) 258-5699. 10 to 25" Newtonian Mirrors, f4-f10.
Optical Mechanics, Inc., Iowa Headquarters: Telephone: 319-351-3960 Fax: 319-351-3943, West Coast Office: Telephone: 530-694-2221 Fax: 530-694-2221 Formerly Torus Precision Optics. This is the company that produces the mirrors for the Obsession line of telescopes. They stock mirrors from 12.5" to 25" f4, and will also re-figure any mirror you might have in this size range. Their optics also include classical and Ritchey- Chretien cassegrain sets. They also sell complete cassegrain telescopes, and even parts for Dobsonian telescopes. Go to Optical Mechanics or email President and Chief Optician James Mulherin jcmulherin@opticalmechanics.com for more information.
Opticast Corporation, 5800 Appaloosa NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120, Ph (505) 836-0502 Fax (505) 890-4017 Opticast makes telescope mirrors by casting from a master mold.There is a limited range of diameters and focal lengths, but it's an interesting technique, and the data on the website looks good. Go to: www.opticastmirrors.com/ or email: info@opticastmirrors.com
2450 17th Avenue, PO Box 1158, Santa Cruz, CA 95061, 800-447-1001 Newtonian primaries, 6 - 12.5", & secondaries. 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, 750 East Easy St., Simi Valley, CA 93065 USA (805) 522-6722, Fax (805) 522-0033 Newtonian primary mirrors 4.5-16", secondaries. These are the mirrors used in Parks' telescopes. Go to Go To Parks Telescopes ...or email... parksoptical@parksoptical.com
P. O. Box 1389, Brackettville, TX 78832, TEL: (830) 563-2578 FAX: (830) 563-2965 Contact John Hall. Specializes in 18 to 25" Mirrors, Lifetime warranty, test/certs for all mirrors sold. Diagonals. Visit Pegasus or email hallj@hilconet.com
418 Rumsey Place, Placentia, CA 92670, Phone (714) 579-7812 Fax (714) 579-7814 Achromatic Lenses, Flat Mirrors, Windows, Beamsplitters, and Prisms. Visit PAP...or... Email info@precisionapplied.com
21200 Todd Valley Road #40, Foresthill, CA 95631. Phone: West Sacramento, CA Office 916-371-7337; Foresthill, CA - Office 530-367-4222 Fax 530-367-4339 Custom Optics, plus "just about any related service or item needed in telescope construction and control - i.e. custom machining, laser cutting, specialized welding, motion control systems, optics sets, etc...."Visit SciTech Astronomical Research ...or email...star@foothill.net
1-800-235-3344 (National); 1-800-847-2673 (California) Scope City is a major astronomy dealer, like Orion (also out of California). They have a good selection of parts for the telescope maker, including primaries up to 16", diagonals focusers, fiberglass tubes and more. Visit Scope City's TM pages or email scopecity@scopecity.com
914 SE 14th Place, Cape Coral, FL 33990; Phone: (239) 945-6763 Fax: (239) 458-9325 Toll-free Order Line: (866) 458-7658 Specializing in many of those indispensible little accessories you need for amateur astronomy and photography. They sell primaries from 4.5 to 12", and diagonals. Visit www.scopetronix.com or email questions@scopetronix.com more email addresses on the website's contact page.
PO Box 597, Flagstaff, AZ 86002 520-774-9177 10" TO 40" Newtonian, Classical Cassegrain and Richey-Chretien Cassegrain optics. Catalog $2 US/$3 others
web presence only A surplus optics dealer, they currently (11/02) list achromat objectives up to 6" and aluminum coated mirrors as well. Note a couple of 128 mm diameter old A. Jaegers' objectives. You gotta love their "Hobbyist and Lab Rat Corner"! Visit Sterling Resale Optics or email Sterling532@aol.com
8408 Allentown Pike, Blandon, PA 19510, Phone: 1-877-4-7Surplus (1-877-778-7758) Fax: 610-926-0978, Outside US 610-926-9226 Government and commercial surplus source. Hard to pin down what to expect, but they've carried an amazing assortment of flats, cored (Cassegrain) blanks, lenses, mirrors, and more. Also, electronics equipment. Go to: Surplus Shed or email surplushed@aol.com
Swayze Optical, 700 NE 101st Ave., #31, Portland, OR 97220, Phone: (503) 252-5009, Fax: (503) 335-3320 Custom mirrors in 12.5" to 30". Go to Swayze Optical or Email steve@europa.com
Inc., Southbridge, Mass. 01550 508-765-5421
P.O.Box 1205, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, phone 800-521-2828, Fax 734-665-1815 sells a small line of mirrors in addition to the other supplies listed in part 5. Go to University Optics
(Barry Arnold) 433 Sioux Road, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada T8A 4H2 Phone/Fax:(780) 467-4781.Newtonian paraboloid and secondary mirror optic sets: 8" to 16", larger on special order. Optical windows, achromatic refractor lenses (to order), mirror diagonals, prism diagonals, Optical design consulting, & custom optical element fabrication. Paraboloid and flat evaluation and refiguring.
321 Jean-Cadieux, Varennes, Qc J3X 1H6 Canada, TEL/FAX: (450) 929-2879 Primarily a seller of manufactured telescopes, they sell a line of primaries in the hard-to-find sizes of 4.5 to 10". They also sell secondaries (diagonals) and some useful telescope parts. The optics webpage is: ...here..., while the top level page is ...here.... Email astronat@aei.ca.
Toronto,Ontario,Canada Newtonian Mirror Refiguring Service. Go to Rokosz Optical or email Rokosz Optical with RO in the subject line to get through the SPAM filters.
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