Sources for Solar Filters
The following is a brief list of sources for mylar and/or glass
filters specifically designed for safe solar viewing with or without
a telescope. The list is not meant to be exhaustive, but is simply
a representative sample of sources for solar filters currently
available in the United States. For additional sources, see advertisements
in Astronomy and/or Sky & Telescope magazines.
The inclusion of any source on this list does not imply an endorsement
of that source by either of the authors or NASA.
- ABELexpress - Astronomy Division, 230-Y E. Main St., Carnegie,
PA 15106 - (412) 279-0672
- Celestron International, 2835 Columbia St., Torrance, CA 90503 -
(310) 328-9560
- Edwin Hirsch, 29 Lakeview Dr., Tomkins Cove, NY 10986 -
(914) 786-3738
- Meade Instruments Corporation, 16542 Millikan Ave., Irvine,
CA 92714 - (714) 756-2291
- Orion Telescope Center, 2450 17th Ave., PO Box 1158-S, Santa
Cruz, CA 95061 - (408) 464-0446
- Pocono Mountain Optics, R.R. 6, Box 6329, Moscow, PA 18444 -
(717) 842-1500
- Rainbow Symphony Inc., 6860 Canby Ave. #120, Reseda, CA 91335 -
(818) 708-8400 [fax (818) 708-8470] - sjdc61a@prodigy.com
- Roger W. Tuthill, Inc., 11 Tanglewood Lane, Mountainside, NJ
07092 - (908) 232-1786
- Thousand Oaks Optical, Box 5044-289, Thousand Oaks, CA 91359 -
(805) 491-3642
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