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| Company type | S.r.l (Società a responsabilità limitata): ≈ Ltd. (UK), LLC (US) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Optical instruments |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Headquarters | Thiene, Italy |
| Products | Telescopes |
| Website | Officina Stellare website |
Officina Stellare is an Italian manufacturer specialized in professional telescopes for aerospace, research and astroimaging.
Company[edit]
The headquarters of the company are in Thiene where R&D, engineering, manufacturing and quality control takes place.
The logo of OFFICINA STELLARE has its roots in the origin of observational astronomy. The star is a graphic evolution of the original star in the Pleiades originally drawn by Galileo in the Sidereus Nuncius (1610). Those drawings were a revolution in the history of science and astronomy. [1] The red color of the logo is the Hydrogen Alpha line color.
Products[edit]
The range of optical systems includes: Ritchey Chrétien, Aplanatic Ritchey Chrétien, Ultra Corrected Ritchey Chrétien, Riccardi-Honders, Maksutov Cassegrain, Apochromatic Refractors, custom design optics.
Obervatories, Scientifical and Educational Institutes with Officina Stellare telescopes[edit]
- Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory - Coquimbo Region, Chile
- MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Massachusetts, USA
- Caltech California Institute of Technology - California, USA
- National Taiwan University - Taipei, Taiwan
- Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment - Astronomical Observatory of Aosta Valley - St. Bartelemy, Italy [2]
- SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - NASA's Ames Research Center - California, USA
References[edit]
- ^ "Company Profile". Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ "YouTube video, Instruments". Retrieved 2012-03-06.
External links[edit]
Category:Telescope manufacturers Category:Italian brands Category:Companies of Europe Category:Companies of Italy Category:Companies established in 2009