Early 70's

30 yrs 0f Amateur Equipment

Early 1970's

The early 1970's saw some exciting developments. One was quite obvious, the other's not. The obvious breakthrough was the introduction of a compact, highly portable 8" telescope by Celestron - the "C8" Schmidt Cassegrain in 1970; followed closely by a 5" and 14". Then, perhaps unnoticed at the time, some smaller ads began to appear in Sky & Telescope from companies like Coulter, Parks and a newly formed Meade Instruments.

	Celestron C14, C5, C8 14", 5" & 8" Schmidt Cassegrains
	Criterion Dynmax 8 8" Schmidt Cassegrain
	Unitron 2.4" Refractor
	Criterion Dynascope RV-6 6" Newtonian Reflector (price goes up)
	Cave Astrola 10" Newtonian Reflector
	Coulter Optical Co.
	Parks Optical
	Meade Instruments

References used:
Sky & Telescope magazine - Sky Publishing Corporation
Astronomy magazine - Kalmbach Publishing Co.

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