David Levy on the ED127 Apo "Last night at the Custer Institute, I spent a delightful hour comet hunting with an Explore Scientific 127 Air-Spaced Triplet APO and the 20mm eyepiece. This telescope is fantastic. The images it provides are true, very sharp and beautiful. I almost felt as though I was in space..."

 
Astrophotography with the
ED80 APO

Bob Gaskin shows us some of his
photos he captured with his ED80 APO Triplet Refractor.
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Astronomers at the RTMC
Astronomy Expo Get Hands On Demonstrations!

Russ Tanton of Explore Scientific lets astronomer and outreach guru Dennis Young from Sedona by Starlight make a critical comparison of the 14mm 100° Nitrogen-Purged, Waterproof eyepiece on the 80mm f/6 Air-Spaced Triplet ED Apo at the RTMC Astronomy Expo in Big Bear, California. We invite you to join us at the 2010 RTMC Astronomy Expo that will occur during the dark of the moon, May 14-16th.

Astronomer James McGaha
writes about the Explore
Scientific 127mm f/7.5
Air-Spaced Triplet ED
Apochromatic Refractor

"I believe the Explore Scientific 127mm f/7.5 Air-Spaced Triplet ED Apochromatic Refractor is one of best values in astronomy today. This 5" refractor produces pinpoint stars with clean textbook diffraction rings, no false color and outstanding contrast. The ES 127 gives crisp, high contrast, breath-taking views of the Moon, very faint detail views on planets (5 belts on Saturn) and clean splits on double/binary stars..."

 
Explore Scientific at
NEAF 2009

Sky & Telescope Magazine's video
coverage of NEAF included
Explore Scientific's line of
products. See more..

 
BRESSER Pirsch Spotting
Scopes

Now in stock!

The BRESSER Pirsch spotting scopes are a great value for the price
conscious observer and hunter.
They come equipped with fully
multi-coated optics, they make
(even at difficult light conditions) high magnifications possible.