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Buying Telescopes

Top-level product categories: optical components and devices, vision, displays and imaging

More general product categories: imaging instruments

Related product categories: monoculars, binoculars

Optical telescopes can be stand-alone instruments for observing distant objects or optical sub-assemblies used to modify beam diameters. These versatile instruments are essential in both scientific research and various optical applications.

Making Good Purchase Decisions

RP Photonics helps to not only to find all relevant suppliers, but also to make good purchase decisions:

Learning Resources

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With its comprehensive resources, RP Photonics helps you to well prepare purchase decisions:

Aspects to Consider Before Buying

Some aspects to consider before buying telescopes: optical resolution, field of view, aperture size, focal length, wavelength range, mounting options, compatibility with light sensors, stability, portability, environmental sealing, maintenance requirements.

For responsible purchase decisions, we recommend applying good practices.

Find Suppliers for Telescopes

10 suppliers for telescopes are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

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There are no suppliers for telescopes with our advertising package registered yet. These would have a company logo, a product description (very useful!), and a product image, and also appear in the corresponding encyclopedia article.

Other Suppliers
B & H Foto & Electronics Corp.
United States
Bentham Instruments, Ltd.
United Kingdom
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Bresser GmbH
Germany
Leica Camera AG
Germany
Nikon Corporation
Japan
OpticsPlanet, Inc.
OPTIX-BD Optische Präzisionselemente GmbH Pistoriusstraße 6A
Germany
Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.
Japan
Space Optics Research Labs
United States
Vermont Photonics Technologies Corp.
United States

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