Old School Optics

I first looked through a Nikon 100mm f/12 ED at the Winter Star Party. An astro-friend had brought his, and we dropped in a pre-WWII Zeiss monocentric 25mm to see what the combination would do. It was crystalline. That’s the only word for it. The kind of view that resets your sense of what a…

It is with a great amount of humble gratitude to one of my astro-friends that I can proudly display an extremely rare pre-war Zeiss 30mm eyepiece. A well-worn body, showing the years of service, with like new optics – this specimen is truly a gem. A past owner was the “Cavaliere della Repubblica” Domenico Gellera…

The world famous Zeiss ZAO’s!! Fabulous ep’s that most consider to be among the very best in the world. These ep’s were created with the APQ line of telescopes, but are fantastic for all scopes. Here is the original brochure…

I’ve had the great priviledge of owning multiple examples of the venerable Ceravolo HD145 and HD216 Mak/Newts! These are absolutely some of the highest quality optics created for the amature astronomy market. Indeed, Peter Ceravolo is credited with assisting Roland Christen in the use of inteferometer testing of lenses, he designs mirrors for satellites and…