Links - Equipment

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Links to Equipment Reviews

Star Ware book by Philip Harrington also at the library
A Guide to Choosing a Telescope from Sky and Telescope
Buying a Telescope from Astronomy magazine
Orion Learning Center equipment basics
Buying a Telescope from my-spot.com
So You Wanna Buy a Telescope... by Ed Ting
ScopeReviews - Ed Ting Reviews of Astronomical Equipment
Equipment Talk - Todd Gross Reviews of Astronomical Equipment
CloudyNights.com Reviews
Affordable Astronomy Equipment Reviews Reviews
Excelsis Equipment Reviews Reviews
Discussion of Filters by Susan Carroll
Astronomytech.com Devoted to the Technical Aspects of Amateur Astronomy
Yahoo Amateur Astronomy discussion groups
Amateur Telescope Making Page
Amateur Telescope Making Journal Amateur Telescope Makers Association

Links to Equipment Suppliers

Antares Optical / Sky Instruments telescopes, eyepieces
Astro-Physics, Inc. refractors
Astrodon filters
Borg Telescopes / Hutech refractors
Brunton Company telescopes, eyepieces, binoculars
Burgess Optical binoculars, spotting scopes, tripods
Celestron International telescopes, binoculars, mounts, filters
Clement Focuser focusers
Coronado solar filters
Denkmeier Optical binoviewers, star diagonals, eyepieces
Discovery Telescopes reflectors, refractors, eyepieces
Earth and Sky Products eyepieces
Feather Touch focusers
Intes Micro - Russia Maksutov-Cassegrain telescopes, eyepieces, mounts
JMI Telescopes telescopes, focusers, binoculars
Kendrick Astro Instruments accessories
Lumicon filters
Losmandy mounts and accessories
Meade Instruments telescopes, eyepieces, binoculars, mounts, filters
Mizar Optical Instruments telescopes, binoculars
Moonlite focusers
Mountain Instruments mounts, accessories
Obsession Telescopes reflectors
Optical Guidance Systems Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes
Orion Telescopes telescopes, binoculars, filters
Paramount mounts
Parks Optical telescopes, binoculars, eyepieces
Pentax Optical Imaging eyepieces, binoculars
Questar Corporation Maksutov-Cassegrain telescopes
RC Optical Systems Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes
Rigel Systems finders, accessories
ScopeTronix eyepieces, finder scopes, accessories
Siebert Optics eyepieces, accessories
SkyWatcher Telescopes telescopes, mounts, spotting scopes
Star Instruments mirrors, lenses
Steiner - Germany binoculars
Stellarvue refractors
Swarovski Optik binoculars
Swift Optics binoculars
Takahashi America refractors, reflectors, eyepieces
Tele Vue Optics refractors, reflectors, eyepieces, filters
Thousand Oaks Optical filters
TMB Optical refractors, eyepieces
Universal Astronomics mounts
University Optics eyepieces, binocular viewers
VernonScope eyepieces, accessories
Vixen refractors, reflectors, eyepieces, mounts
Vixen America refractors, reflectors, eyepieces, mounts
William Optics refractors, mounts, focusers, binoculars

Links to Used Equipment

Astro-Mart used equipment
Astronomy Mall
Hands on Optics
TheObservatory.org - for sale used equipment

Links to Equipment Distributors

Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird telescopes, accessories
Astronomics - Norman, Oklahoma telescopes, accessories
Binoculars.com binoculars, telescopes
Eagle Optics binoculars, spotting scopes
Hands on Optics telescopes, eyepieces, binoculars, mounts
High Point Scientific - Montague, NJ telescopes, accessories
The Observatory, Inc. telescopes, binoculars - Dallas, TX
Oceanside Photo and Telescope telescopes, eyepieces, binoculars
OpticsPlanet telescopes, binoculars, accessories
Venturescope - UK telescopes, eyepieces, mounts
Woodland Hills Telescopes telescopes