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Meade TelescopeMeade Instruments was a small company started in Irvine California by John Diebel, who began with a small mail-order telescope company. As his small company gained popularity, he began to branch out. Now, over thirty years later, Meade is one of the biggest importers and distributors of telescopes in the nation. But it’s not just limited to the Meade telescope. Meade instruments also specializes in binoculars, microscopes, spotting scopes, and GPS devices. Obviously, the thing that all of these products have in common is the use of lens or mirrors to magnify the view of something, whether close up or far away. It’s fair then to say that Meade Instruments knows what it is doing in the world of distributing the Meade telescope and other fine products. You can still order their goods through a mail-order catalogue, though like most of the world, they’ve established themselves on the Internet as well. The Meade Telescope options even include a solar scope. A solar telescope is designed to allow a person to study the surface of the sun. Yes, that means that there is a telescope that allows you to stare directly the sun, despite the dangerous strength of its light. Previously, the technology to study the sun was too cost prohibitive for the amateur. That is all changing now, and Meade and Coronado are working hard to make studying, and experiencing, the sun a possibility for any amateur physicist or astronomer. These telescopes range in size and price, depending on the maker and the usage. Related InformationAstronomy for Kids Astronomy Nadir |
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