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Originally Posted by JCricket
As a former avid amatuer astronomer, my first thoughts went to telescopes.
here is a list:
Televue
astrophysics
discovery
TEC
D&G
All of these have incredible reputations. They cost a bit more, but they far surpass anyting from celestron, meade, or orion.
I am not 100% certain the optics in the televue, and TEC are made here. But everything else in them and the other scopes are made here.
Just an fyi, astrophics will set you back about $4k for a 4" scope. Compare that to a $250 dollar scope from china. But, Roland Christian(astrophysics) has about a four year waiting list to get one of his as well.
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A friend of mine has an AMAZING Astrophysics 6" apocromatic refractor. But, at eleven grand, I'll never own one. I do own a few Televue eyepieces though. Nice stuff.
Dave