Our Member Companies Providing Amateur Astronomy Equipment:

 

Optec, Inc.       About       Visit Optec website

Optec has been making electro-optical products for over 27 years!  Optec is a designing and manufacturing firm specializing in electro-optical products used in astronomy, atmospheric science and microscopy.  We are located in the small town of Lowell, Michigan near the banks of the Grand River.  Our company is small but we utilize state-of-the-art equipment and techniques in the design and manufacture of our products.  Our reputation for high quality and well designed products is very well established.

Sierra Stars Observatory     About       Visit Sierra Stars Observatory website

The Sierra Stars Observatory is an automated astronomy education and research facility remotely accessible via the Internet.  Our observatory houses a 0.61-meter OMI Cassegrain research-grade telescope and high-precision CCD imaging instruments enclosed in a dome building located at a dark sky site on the east side of the Sierra Mountains in Alpine County California.  

Tech2000        About      Visit Tech2000 website

Manufacturer of the Dob Driver II dual axis drive system for the Lightbridge and any other Dobsonian-type telescope, NanoStar Precision Artificial Star and other innovative amateur astronomy related electronics.  Located in Monroeville, Ohio.

Zeke's Seats     About     Visit Zeke's Seats website

N. Fort Myers, Florida based manufacturer of the Astronomer's Seat.  Durable, light-weight, comfortable and low cost adjustable observing chair for the amateur astronomer.