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Every Stellarvue apochromatic triplet telescope takes around six months to produce. Their local optical shop machine polishes the lenses, and uses a state-of-the-art Zygo phase-shifting laser interferometer to map each wavefront and identify any aberrations caused by machine polishing. Master opticians spend months correcting and perfecting the objectives in order to make them as perfect as possible.
Stellarvue refracting telescopes are designed and assembled in the USA using domestic and globally sourced components.
11802 Kemper Road
Auburn,
CA,
95603.
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Where innovation and craftsmanship bring the wonders of nature closer, and sharper than you've ever imagined.
Tele Vue Optics, Inc. has been producing telescopes for terrestrial and astronomical use since 1985. From the lightweight, 60mm-aperture Tele Vue 60 APO model to the Tele Vue 85 APO - rated tops for optics by the Cornell Ornithology Lab.
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TeleVue telescopes and other optics are designed and assembled in the USA using domestic and globally sourced components.
32 Elkay Dr.
Chester,
NY,
10918.
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Webster Telescopes specializes in Dobsonian Telescopes from 22 inches to 1 meter in Aperture, GOTO, Mirrors, Parts and Accessories.
Having a giant telescope would only be half the fun if you could not take it with you. Their telescopes were designed right from the start to break down into an easily transportable unit. Their users report that they can set up a Webster Telescope in 10 minutes, all by themselves. You will be aligned and viewing while the other guys are still leveling their tripods.
Webster Dobsonian telescopes are deigned and assembled in the USA using domestic and globally sourced components.
27843 Ford Road
Garden City,
MI,
48135.
Any product that is produced using any amount of labor, materials, engineering and/or intellectual property that is sourced from here in the US, we then would consider that item to be, at least in part made here in America, no matter where the final assembly takes place. Below is our own 'grading system' we used to rate the above brands.
Any brands marked with a gold star (100% value) shows that some (or maybe all) of their products are made in the USA using virtually all domestic sourced materials & labor.
A silver star (75% value) shows their products are assembled in America using domestic labor and a mix (of any proportion) of both domestic and imported parts.
A bronze star (50% value) shows that their products are assembled in the U.S. using all imported parts.
An 'empty star' (25% value) indicates that the product is designed or engineered in the US, and/or some of the parts have been produced here, but are sent elsewhere to be assembled into a final product.
Overall the above 7 binocular & scope brands scored a combined rating of 67.8%100 'Made in America'.
The manufacturers on this page might produce the same type of optics in other countries as well. Many businesses alter their brand names, manufacturing practices or product designs with little or no notice, so if you still have questions to their origins, we suggest contacting the manufacturer directly.
