Manufacturers
Links
Tectron Telescopes
http://www.amateurastronomy.com/tools.html
Offers collimation tools including basic sight tubes, Chesire eyepieces and autocollimators.
Outman Outdoors USA
Produces a large product line of binoculars for nature study, boating, hunting, astronomy, surveillance and other applications. Site also features on-line factory direct sales.
Eastern Shore Company
Concessionaire of coin-operated viewing machines, since 1973. Products include American-made coin-operated binoculars and telescopes.
ICAS Enterprises
Japanese manufacturer and exporter of optical filters for telescope and industrial use.
Nelson Devices
Produces Quick-Connectors to connect accessories to a variety of commercial telescopes. Site includes compatibility charts, example applications, and FAQ.
L & L Optical Services
Provides a wide range of thin film coatings, specializing in metallic and anti-reflection coatings. Experienced in cleaning and coating glass and metallic substates.
TECH2000
http://homepages.accnorwalk.com/tddi/tech2000/
Produces the Giro altazimuth tripod mounts, Dobsonian and equatorial drive systems, laser collimators, equipment beacons for use at star parties, plus additional products. Exclusive USA distributor of ASM telescopes which feature lightweight ceramic mirrors.
Trico Machine Products
Makes the Sky Window binocular viewing system, and is a full machine shop specializing in design, prototype and production of quality machined parts.
AstroCards
http://www.astronomy-mall.com/astrocards/
Makes AstroCards finder charts, the AstroCards lighting system for viewing the cards at night, and offers a variety of other products.
1stBase
http://www.astronomy-mall.com/FirstBase/
Produces collapsible Dobsonian mounts which fold up for storage and transportation. Mounts are available separately or sold with Compact Precision Telescopes tube assemblies.
Aeroquest Machining
http://www.aeroquest-machining.com/
Worm gear drives for the accurate tracking of deep space and planetary objects for viewing and imaging. Stepper and synchronous motor power systems are available.
Shanghai Olive Industries Co., Ltd.
Manufactures optical instruments including biological microscopes, stereo microscopes, telescopes and binoculars. Also produces electronic equipment and garden tools.
Chengdu SWOC Industries Co., Ltd.
Manufactures telescopes and binoculars, optical components including singlet, doublet, cylindrical and aspherical lenses, prisms and corner cubes, beamsplitters and waveplates, polarizers and coatings.
Starbuckets Telescopes
Builds premium truss-tube Dobsonian reflectors in small to medium apertures. These apertures fill the void in commercially available, small to mid-sized truss-tube Dobsonians.
De-Zhong Optics.
Professional Chinese optical products manufacturer and exporter, specializing in traditional binoculars, compact binoculars, zoom binoculars, waterproof binoculars, telescopes and microscopes.
Lightholder Optics
http://www.lightholderoptics.com/
Newtonian mirrors made and certified in writing to the most exacting, demanding Millies LaCroix tolerance (1/8 wave at the wavefront), twice as precise as the industry 1/4 wave standard.



