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Orion Telescopes & Binoculars - Wikipedia
Orion Telescopes & Binoculars - Wikipedia
Binoculars
Founded 1975
Products Telescopes ·
binoculars ·
accessories
Website telescope.com (htt
p://telescope.com)
History
In 1975, Orion Telescopes & Binoculars
was founded in a garage in Santa Cruz,
California by Tim Gieseler, who served as
its only president and CEO.[3]
Orion ED120 apo refractor on Orion's Sirius EQ-G "GoTo" and GPS equipped German equatorial mount with portable 12 volt
power supply
References
1. "Orion Telescope Center - Corporate Office"
(http://watsonville.cylex-usa.com/compan
y/orion-telescope-center---corporate-office-
1896118.html) . Cylex. Retrieved
5 February 2014.
2. "Targets of opportunity: crazy cheap
scopes on Amazon" (http://10minuteastron
omy.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/targets-o
f-opportunity-crazy-cheap-scopes-on-amaz
on/) . 10-Minute Astronomy. May 11, 2010.
3. "Tim Gieseler" (http://www.linkedin.com/pu
b/tim-gieseler/7/548/69b) . LinkedIn.
Retrieved 2014-02-05.
4. "Company Overview of Imaginova Corp" (htt
p://investing.businessweek.com/research/
stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=58
44068) . Bloomberg Businessweek.
Retrieved 2014-02-05.
5. "Orion Telescopes & Binoculars has
acquired the famous telescope
manufacturer Meade" (https://skyandtelesc
ope.org/astronomy-news/orion-telescopes-
binoculars-purchases-meade/) . Sky &
Telescope. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
6. Philip S. Harrington, Star Ware: The
Amateur Astronomer's Guide to Choosing,
Buying, and Using Telescopes and
Accessories, John Wiley & Sons, 2011,
page 147 (https://books.google.com/book
s?id=2lIwU313wgkC&pg=PA147&dq=orion+
telescopes+business&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Juby
UpbUNqessQTWpIDYBw&ved=0CDUQ6AEw
AQ#v=onepage&q=orion%20telescopes%20
business&f=false)
7. Antony McEwan, Sky-Watcher ED100,
Highlands Astronomical Society 2014,
spacegazer.com (http://www.spacegazer.c
om/index.asp?pageid=97158)
External links
Official website (http://telescope.com)
Company7 Orion Telescopes &
Binoculars resource page (http://www.c
ompany7.com/orion/index.html)
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