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 (800) 821-5122
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
Khan Scope Centre 3243 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6A 2T2 (416) 783-4140
Perceptor Telescopes TransCanada Brownsville Junction Plaza, Box 38, Schomberg, Ontario, Canada L0G 1T0 (905) 939-2313
Eclipse 99 Ltd. Belle Etoile, Rue du Hamel, Guernsey GY5 7QJ +44 1481 64847
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