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Since our establishment in 2003 in Texas, we've delivered to NASA, the US Army, Princeton University, Stanford University, California State Polytechnic University, and other universities, government agencies, commercial customers, Private Research Institutions, and individual customers around the world.
16" Premium Ultra Light Dobsonian System
20" Premium Ultra Light GoTo Dobsonian System
24" Premium Ultra Light Dobsonian System
As we progress through the 2020s, we're thrilled to continue serving our customers. As a small business, we have a great emphasis on the quality of our optical systems. Checkout our great customer reviews!
40" Lightweight Sandwich Mirrors
Customer Feedback
Star testing showed even images that were very nearly the same inside and outside of focus. Using my EZ
tester (ronchi eyepiece) showed nice straight lines and no hint of TDE.
-Dave Chadsey
I just tentatively assembled my 10" F4.7 1/17 PV wavefront mirror in my observatory and watched Jupiter
and the moon last night. Although the air condition was terrible due to middle of rainy season, optical
performance was exactly as I expected! The surface of Jupiter was amazing. Contrast of color was deep
and
details were very sharp...
-Kazuki Yamane
"We tested it at the LMDSS over the weekend. It worked perfectly, nice sharp
stars.
We are very pleased with the result."
Chris Rudge, President, Astronomical Society of Victoria, A Century of Amateur Astronomy 1922 to 2022
Star testing showed even images that were very nearly the same inside and outside of focus. Using my EZ tester (ronchi eyepiece) showed nice straight lines and no hint of TDE.
-Dave Chadsey
I just tentatively assembled my 10" F4.7 1/17 PV wavefront mirror in my observatory and watched Jupiter and the moon last night. Although the air condition was terrible due to middle of rainy season, optical performance was exactly as I expected! The surface of Jupiter was amazing. Contrast of color was deep and details were very sharp...
-Kazuki Yamane
"We tested it at the LMDSS over the weekend. It worked perfectly, nice sharp stars. We are very pleased with the result."
Chris Rudge, President, Astronomical Society of Victoria, A Century of Amateur Astronomy 1922 to 2022
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Hubble Optics Around World
Hubble Optic's 1-meter-diameter parabolic mirror reflecting NASA technicians
Alex
Schaeffer (left) and Eric Norris (right) is in one of Goddard’s high-bay facilities. Read more here.
Hubble Optics UL24 and PCO Edge4.2 Gold sCMOS camera, used by NASA's New
Horizons
team, captured the MU69 occultation. Read more here.
"The telescope (Hubble UL24) performed quite well again in Argentina for the MU69 campaign there.
Conditions were fairly poor with quite high winds which are typical of the area. The 24" (UL24)
handled
the winds fairly well with the exception of some extremely strong gusts that hit the telescope
directly.
The combination of the 24" (UL24) and PCO camera is excellent for occultation work. This setup easily
outperforms any other portable occultation setups I know of. It is no worse, or easier, to setup than
a
14" Meade or Celestron telescope, and packs in most pickup trucks or SUV's"
-Matthew Nelson, NASA New Horizons Team, Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia
Hubble Optics 40" f/3.3 sandwich mirror is in action at the Leon Mow Dark Sky
Site near Heathcote, Melbourne
“It’s been 6 months now since we had first light on what is Australia’s largest
privately owned telescope. Situated at the ASV’s Leon Mow Dark-Sky Site in a roll off roof
observatory,
2 hours north of Melbourne, the views continue to get better and better since we have learned to
manage
temperature of the interior of the observatory prior to using the telescope. There are a lot of
objects
which have been transformed for me with this aperture, but the stand-out one to date has to be
glimpsing
the globular cluster in NGC253 which forms a loose triangle with the two bright 9th magnitude stars
south of the galaxy core. Thanks Hubble Optics for the chance to experience the views that I and the
ASV
have seen and will see in the future".
-Steve Pattie, June, 2019
Hubble Optics 40" f/3.3 sandwich mirror was in operation on September 3, 2023
-Steve Pattie, September, 2023
Read about
Damien Kilmartin's Astrophotography Story
The totally eclipsed Moon captured with UL16 from the cruise ship, the Holland America Noordam,
berthed at Brisbane, Australia on November 8, 2022. "I took several pictures with my Nikon D3300 focused at infinity, held up to the 38mm eyepiece installed on my UL16 (afocal photography).
It's sharp enough that my daughter just ordered a 23" x 23" glass print of this image for me as a Christmas present! This one picture made the hassle of transporting my UL16 to the Southern Hemisphere worthwhile!"
-David Anschutz
Hubble Optic's 1-meter-diameter parabolic mirror reflecting NASA technicians Alex Schaeffer (left) and Eric Norris (right) is in one of Goddard’s high-bay facilities. Read more here.
Hubble Optics UL24 and PCO Edge4.2 Gold sCMOS camera, used by NASA's New Horizons team, captured the MU69 occultation. Read more here.
"The telescope (Hubble UL24) performed quite well again in Argentina for the MU69 campaign there. Conditions were fairly poor with quite high winds which are typical of the area. The 24" (UL24) handled the winds fairly well with the exception of some extremely strong gusts that hit the telescope directly. The combination of the 24" (UL24) and PCO camera is excellent for occultation work. This setup easily outperforms any other portable occultation setups I know of. It is no worse, or easier, to setup than a 14" Meade or Celestron telescope, and packs in most pickup trucks or SUV's"
-Matthew Nelson, NASA New Horizons Team, Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia
Hubble Optics 40" f/3.3 sandwich mirror is in action at the Leon Mow Dark Sky Site near Heathcote, Melbourne
“It’s been 6 months now since we had first light on what is Australia’s largest privately owned telescope. Situated at the ASV’s Leon Mow Dark-Sky Site in a roll off roof observatory, 2 hours north of Melbourne, the views continue to get better and better since we have learned to manage temperature of the interior of the observatory prior to using the telescope. There are a lot of objects which have been transformed for me with this aperture, but the stand-out one to date has to be glimpsing the globular cluster in NGC253 which forms a loose triangle with the two bright 9th magnitude stars south of the galaxy core. Thanks Hubble Optics for the chance to experience the views that I and the ASV have seen and will see in the future".
-Steve Pattie, June, 2019
Hubble Optics 40" f/3.3 sandwich mirror was in operation on September 3, 2023
-Steve Pattie, September, 2023
Read about Damien Kilmartin's Astrophotography Story
The totally eclipsed Moon captured with UL16 from the cruise ship, the Holland America Noordam, berthed at Brisbane, Australia on November 8, 2022. "I took several pictures with my Nikon D3300 focused at infinity, held up to the 38mm eyepiece installed on my UL16 (afocal photography). It's sharp enough that my daughter just ordered a 23" x 23" glass print of this image for me as a Christmas present! This one picture made the hassle of transporting my UL16 to the Southern Hemisphere worthwhile!" -David Anschutz