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Who We Are The Astronomy Shoppe manufactures innovative products for the Amateur Astronomer : Astro-Glow "Delineators", "Tri-lineators", "Unitron Drive interfaces" and our new " Scope-Tote" A great deal of research and testing has gone into our products guaranteeing your satisfaction. All of our products are made from materials manufactured in the USA and assemble We also refurbish antique telescopes and university class instruments and offer electronic repairs on Meade and Celestron, and repair, Binoculars and mounts.
Our Store At the Astronomy-Shoppe you won't find department store or poorly made mass produced telescopes. We are a global company carrying only industry-recognized brands of telescopes at affordable prices. Each piece of equipment has the finest optics and mechanics in a variety of price ranges. We do not sell off the shelf Instruments, or mail order. If you want a mail order instrument please deal directly with one of our suppliers ( Orion, Hardin, etc.). I personally inspect and test each scope before it leaves my Shoppe, we upgrade all focusers, mounts and collimate all our instruments and most importantly, offer support after your purchase. Finally, I won't leave you hanging on any product you send for repair or on any of our hand made accessories. I make a point to contact you upon receiving and sending any product or repair. We also do follow up calls and e-mails to make sure that your product or repair is working properly and that you are completely satisfied with our products and service. Anthony R. Costanzo
Store hours Tuesday - Friday 10:00am - 6:00pm Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm Sunday ( by appointment only )
Company Profile Anthony R. Costanzo Member of the Springfield Telescope Makers, North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club, New Hampshire Astronomical Society. I made my first telescope in 1985 an 8 inch f 6.7 Newtonian. The Mirror won optical excellence at the Stellafane convention 1986. Subsequent Optical awards were in 1987,1988 and 1999. I have been a faculty member of Phillips Academy, and Lincoln Technical Schools, I hold certifications in Education and Computer Science, and over 38 computer hardware certifications.
Michael Costanzo Member of the Springfield Telescope Makers. Won optical excellence at Stellafane in 1990 for a 6 inch f/8 Newtonian. He is a graduate of Northeastern University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Technology, and is now a middle school teacher of mathematics.
Restorations 6 inch Brashear Refractor and Mount. Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. The telescope was completely restored in 1990. All optical and Mechanical Parts, and drives were restored to original condition. The dome and drives were also repaired . The Date on the Scope (circa 1885). 18 inch Fecker-Newtonian. Phillips Academy, Andover MA, circa 1959. Optics, Drives and Mechanical were refurbished along with the dome. 90 mm Brashear Refractor. Phillips Academy, Exeter, circa 1857. Beautiful instrument, the lens was signed by Brashear the scope was under the name GREGG. Kutter Scheifspeglier. Bought at the Stellafane swap tables, I found the original plans on the internet and rebuilt the entire scope per specs. Excellent Planetary and double star instrument. Currently owned by Gary Hand. 6 inch Newtonian Scope hand made by Charles Howard Snowden, circa1940. ( He even made the eyepieces!! ) The instrument was iron tube with brass focuser, brass tube rings and secondary mirror holder. It was originally mounted on a cast iron pipe style mount; a rather unique instrument and the detail and functionally of all the optical and mechanical parts was intriguing. Mr. Snowden was a mechanical engineer from upstate New York...once the secondary was replaced and optics aligned the views were stunning. 15.5 Inch Fecker-Cassegrain, circa 1950. This instrument was formally from Queens University in Canada, the completed instrument holds a 3 inch refractor (guide scope) as well as a 6 inch Camera. This instrument upon completion will be housed at Sweet Hill Observatory in Plaistow, NH.
Hand Made Newtonians 8 inch Stellafane 2nd place optical excellence f/6.7. 6 inch Stellafane 2nd place optical excellence f/8. 6 inch High School science class project f/5.6. 14 inch f/4.5. Stellafane winner. 10 inch f/8. This is a great planetary instrument; tested 20th wave.
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