Early 90's

30 yrs 0f Amateur Equipment

Early 1990's

The beginning of this last decade saw a move back to the small refractor. As Tele Vue continued adding to their line, with the Pronto and Ranger. And others like Astro Physics, Takahashi, D & G, Vixen and Zeiss also revealed new models. While at the other end of the spectrum the Dobsonian mount and an aluminum truss designed "tube" paved the way for large reflectors to be made commercially.

Meade and Celestron continued to perfect the SCT. And some unusual designs in reflectors hit the market; a Dall-Kirkham from Takahashi, a Maksutov-Newtonian from Infinity Instruments, and a Newtonian Reflector on a triple-axis mount from Optical Research and a ball mount from Mag1 Instruments.

	TeleVue Ranger & Pronto 70mm Apochromatic Refractors
	TeleVue Plossl, Wide-field and Nagler Eyepieces
	TeleVue Genesis, Starbeam and Alt-Az Mounts
	Astro Physics 6" Apochromatic Refractor
	Astro Physics Apochromatic Refractors
	D& G 8" Achromatic Refractor
	Takahashi 76mm Flourite Refractor
	Vixen Imported By Celestron
	Vixen Achromatic Refractors And Newtonian Reflectors
	Zeiss Telementor and Telemator - 63mm Achromatic Refractors
	Parks Optical Achromatic Refractors
	JMI NGT-18 18" Newtonian Reflector on a compact Split-Ring Equatorial Mount
	Juno-14 14.5" Newtonian Reflector on Dobsonian Mount
	Obsession 20" Newtonian Reflector on Dobsonian Mount
	Coulter Optics Newtonian Reflectors on Dobsonian Mount
	Meade Premier Series Schmidt Cassegrains
	Celestron C8's Schmidt Cassegrains
	Celestron CG Series Schmidt Cassegrains on German Equatorial Mounts
	Takahashi 7" Dall-Kirkham Reflector
	Infinity Vega-6 6" Maksutov Newtonian Reflector
	Optical Research 8" f/5 Newtonian Refector on a Triple-Axis Mount
	Newtonian Refector on a Dobsonian Ball Mount
	Parks Optical Newtonian Cassegrain

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

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