Galaxy Optics

P.O. Box 2045
Buena Vista, Colorado 81211

Telephone: 719-395-8242

General Information: Info@GalaxyOptics.com
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CUSTOMER COMMENTS
ULTIMATE IMAGE NEWTONIAN OPTICS BY GALAXY OPTICS

TRULY THE FINEST NEWTONIAN TELESCOPE OPTICS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE

"I received a premium figured 18" mirror from you over one year ago and it has delivered absolutely stunning views night after night. Every experienced observer who has viewed through my instrument has been astounded by the images of such a large fast mirror of 18" f/4.4. Just this past weekend at a club outing of the Calumet Astronomical Society, which I'm VP and editor of their newsletter, an owner of a planet crushing Parks 12.5" f/7 reflector was knocked out of this shoes by the performance of my Galaxy Mirror. After viewing M27, M22, M17, M11, and Jupiter he said that the images were the absolute best that he had ever seen." My brother inlaw received his new 18" Obsession last week with a premium figured Galaxy mirror. He did not want anything less than what I own...I guess he saw the light!!

--Paul R. Morow


A 14.5" f 5.0 review in ASTRONOMY said:
"During moments of better seeing, 4th and 5th magnitude stars showed tiny, sharply defined Airy disk surrounded by a first diffraction ring. Bright stars showed well-defined and nearly identical diffraction patterns on either side of focus, a sign the mirror was not under or overcorrected. As for astigmatism in the primary or secondary, there was none...diffraction patterns were perfectly circular. In all, the performance of the Galaxy Optics mirrors was excellent."

--From a review of the Starsplitter II Telescope, February, 1994, by Alan Dyer

Here's what SKY AND TELESCOPE said:
"The 18-inch f4.5 mirror gave excellent images, with stars appearing as pinpoints on a high contrast background The NGT primaries are made by Galaxy Optics, an outfit which is rapidly gaining a reputation for its superb large-aperture mirrors."

--From a review of the NGC-18, January 1991, by Dennis di Cicco


JAPAN'S leading Astronomy magazine, TENMON GUIDE said:
"An excellent 45cm mirror gives sharp images... The 45cm (18") f4.5 optic is made by the USA maker Galaxy. A null test performed on the mirror revealed a perfectly flat image with no zones. An optic of this quality is pretty unusual."

--From a review of the NGT-18, April, 1992, by Kiyoshi Ishiwatari and staff


ASTRONOMY Magazine said:
"The Galaxy Optics mirrors proved to be superb. Stars were pinpoints and the extra-focal images were nearly identical on either side of focus with no trace of astigmatism and no obvious spherical aberration or zonal errors."

--From a review of the NGT-18 and Obsession 20. March, 1991, by Alan Dyer


And the OWNERS are saying:
"Galaxy Optics certainly lived up to its advertisements. For the first time, I have a telescope with which I can use a 6mm eyepiece at 530x and the images get better and better. I have nothing but praise for Galaxy's mirror!"

--Jack Newton, 25", f /5.0 owner

"We have seen the internal structure of the Saturn nebula at 600 power!!! The views of Jupiter with a 10mm and 8mm Clave Plossl eyepieces were heart-stopping."

--Tony Hallas and Daphne Mount, 14 .5" ,18", 20". and 25" owners

"The star test on the mirror was very impressive with concentric interference rings on both sides of focus with no zones or astigmatism...it was by far the best views of Mars I have ever seen and I have owned a top quality 6" f12 refractor."

--Doug Finch, 25" owner


Galaxy Optics' owner John Hudek said:
"We are sincerely concerned about our customers needs and are dedicated to producing high quality optics for them. One of the main reasons this company exists is because 20 years ago it was nearly impossible to purchase a quality large optic at a fair price. Over the last 20 years we have produced over 5000 optics. Galaxy Optics started the large aperture telescope revolution by making quality large optics available to everyone. Galaxy Optics has a 99%+ rate of customer satisfaction, the best track record in the industry."

BE SURE YOU GET THE ULTIMATE IMAGE IN YOUR TELESCOPE...NO ONE CAN EQUAL OUR QUALITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. BE SURE YOU ALWAYS GET THE ULTIMATE IMAGE WITH GALAXY OPTICS!







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