Equipment Manufacturers, Software, Clubs

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Telescopes & Binoculars:

• APM Telescopes - manufacturer of the TMBack Apochromat
• Astrometrix - truss tube telescopes
• Astro-Physics, Inc - Refractors, equitorial mounts, DigitalSky Voice Software
• Big Binoculars - Astronomical binoculars and accesories
• Border Telescope Company - wooden telscopes
• Celestron - telescopes, eyepieces, CCD equipment, ...
• Deutsche Optik  - binoculars and scopes
• DGM Optics - Off-axis newtonian telescopes - unobstructed reflector telescopes
• Discovery Telescopes - Dobs, refractors
• Edmund Scientific - makers of the Astroscan telescope, eyepieces, mirrors, books, ...
• EZTelescope.com - makers of the EZ Collimator  
• Guan Sheng Optical Co - reflectors, refractors, Dobs, Plossls
• Lightspeed Telescopes - Fork-mounted Newtonians
• Mag 1 Instruments  -  makers of PortaBall Telescopes
• Meade Instruments- telescopes, eyepieces, CCD equipment, ...
• Murnighan Instruments Corp - Coulter Optical Odyssey Telescopes, CCD accessories, filters
• Night Vision Optics - night vision and astronomy optics 
• Nikon - binoculars, videos, and of course cameras
• Novosibirsk Instrument-Making Plant - Russian mfr. and exporter of amateur telescopes 
• Obsession Telescopes - large aperture dobs
• Orion Telescopes and Binoculars - telescopes, binoculars, accessories
• Photon Instrument - Achromatic Refractors
• Precision Applied Products - Achromatic refractors
• Questar Corp. - Maksutov scopes
• Sky Valley Scopes - custom-built newtonian scopes
• Scopestuff- Telescope accessories
• Sovietski Collection - reflector scope
• Starmaster Scopes - dobs
• Stargazer Steve Telescopes - reflector telescopes
• Starsplitter Telescopes - alt/az Newtonians
• Swift Instruments - binoculars
• Takahashi telescope systems
• Telecrafters - handcrafted 10" dob, also available in kit form
• Tele Vue Optics - telescopes, eyepieces (Nagler, Panoptic, Radian), and accessories
• Torus Precision Optics - custom optics and telescope systems
• University Optics - binoculars, finderscopes

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Telescope Mounts, Control Systems, Observatories

• Anssen Technologies - equatorial mounts, telescope guidance and control
• Ash Manufacturing - Ash-Dome observatories
• Astrometric Instruments - telescope control systems
• Astro-Physics, Inc - equitorial mounts, telescope control software
• Astro Sky Piers - piers. mounting plates, SCT wedge
  
• Clear Night Products - TeleDome portable observatory, dew caps
• DarkSite Domes - observatory domes
• Equitorial Platforms - tracking platforms for Dobs
• La Sueur Manufacturing - Astro Pier telescope mounting 
• Losmandy - equitorial mounts
• Nisur Systems - P3 Tri-Pier & Altazimuth mounts
• Observa Dome Labs - observatory domes
• Particle Wave Technologies- Monolith Pier Systems
• Sky Probe 1000 - telescope positioning system
• Sky Tent - portable observatory
• Tech 2000 - makers of the Dob-Driver II equitorial driver
• Technical Innovations - Home-Dome and Pro-Dome Observatories
• TeleDome - transportable dome
• Telepier - mounting pier
• TL Systems Astronomical Products - equitorial and alt/az platforms for Dobsonians
• Universal Astronomics - UniMount support for binoculars and telescopes
• Virgo Astronomics - binocular holders and mounting systems

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Software

• Astro-Physics - DigitalSky Voice Software
• CapellaSoft - observation planning, charting, logging software
• David Chandler Co. - software, observing aids
• Deepsky 99 - astronomy software
• Freeman Astronomy - text books and software
• Procyon Systems - astronomy software for the Mac
• RealSky CD - software from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• SkyMap - planetarium software
• Software Bisque -- astronomical software, robotic telescope mounts
• Starry Night - astronomy software from Sienna Software
• StarTrak Home Page - Astronomy freeware for Dobsonian telescopes 
• US Naval Observatory - software
• Wonders of the Universe - educational software

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CCD & Photography

• Adirondack Video Astronomy - video and CCD imaging
• Apogee Instruments - (in Arizona) CCD Imaging Systems
• B&K Products - Focuser for astrophotography
• Collins Electro Optics - image intensifier
• Cyanogen Productions - CCD imaging and control software
• Finger Lakes Instrumentation - CCD equipment
• JSP (Jack Schmidling Productions) - large format astro camera, ATM tools
• Megafix - CCD imaging and processing software
• Observation Concepts - micro CCD camera 
• Optec, Inc - CCD accessories, filters, photometers
• Quantum Image - image processing software
• Santa Barbara Instruments Group (SBIG) -- makers of CCD equipment
• Starlight Express - CCD camera
• Taurus Technologies - off-axis guiders
• University Optics - ATM parts & accesories, eyepieces, CCD Camera Cookbook supplies
• Van Slyke Engineering - astrophotography, CCD accessories

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Accesories

Absolute Astronomy - Eyepiece protectors, accessories, used equipment
Anssen Technologies - telescope guidance and control systems
Apogee, Inc (in Illinois) - refractors, mounts, mirrors, accesories
Arc-Ron - atomic clock controlled time pieces
AstroSystems, Inc. - Telescope kits and accessories 
Atomic Clock - Zeit atomic clocks
Bonney Lake Astro Works - makers of the Milburn wedge
CatsEye Collimation - cheshire eyepieces, CatsPerch observing chair
Coronado Instrument Group - solar filters, solar telescopes
Daystar Filters - hydrogen alpha and calcium K line solar filters
Equitorial Platforms - trackers for Dobsonian scopes
GoTo Optical Mfg. Co. - Planetarium equipment
Helix Observing Accesories -  Holographic Laser Collimators
Howie Glatter's Holographic Laser Collimator
LaserMax - laser collimator
Learning Technologies - astronomy for educators: portable planetarium, refractor telescope kit
Lumicon - Easy Guider photography accessories, hypering kits, digital setting circles ..
Jim's Mobile, Inc (JMI) - Telescoped accessories: focusers, wedges, cases, etc.
Kendrick Studio -- dew remover system, Kwik focus, other accessories
LaserMax, Inc -- laser collimator
Nelson Devices - "Quick Connect" system for Schmidt-Cassegrain scopes
Photon Instrument - eyepieces (plossl) 
Rainbow Symphony, Inc. - eclipse shades solar viewer
Rigel Systems - LED flashlights, Quick Finder reflex sight
Scope Coat - covers for telescopic sights, telescopes, other optical instruments
SolarSense.com - portable power systems 
Stratton Video Brackets - video coupler for SCTs
Telescope Technologies - Direct projection eyepiece adapters for Televue, Meade, Pentax
Tele Vue Optics - telescopes, eyepieces (Nagler, Panoptic, Radian), and accessories
University Optics - eyepieces, diagonals, finderscopes, focusers
VernonScope - Brandon eyepieces, also diagonals and filters

Clubs / Orginizations

Fox Valley Astronomical Society
Northwest Suburban Astronomers
Lake County Astronomical Society
The Astronomical league
Newstar (Northeast Wisconsin Stargazers)
Naperville Astronomical Association

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