Tele Vue Optics has been thrilling customers for more than twenty years. It is our mission. It's in the materials we choose, the designs we create, the craftsmanship they demonstrate...the images they deliver. Creating "goodies" for the observing enthusiast has been founder Al Nagler's continuing pursuit.

Al put his lifelong love of amateur astronomy to work as a professional optical designer more than 40 years ago. But, it was his involvement in designing NASA lunar landing simulators (as seen in the movie Apollo 13) that most directly influences Tele Vue products of today. Al wanted his own observing equipment to deliver that seemingly limitless vista created for the astronauts. Producing wide, full-field sharpness and high contrast images were the keys.

In the midst of the eyepiece-crushing Dobsonian telescope revolution, Tele Vue launched its Plössl eyepiece design. So improved in edge sharpness, it was awarded U.S. and international patents. On the consumer front,...and in backyards, it also won acclaim - "The sharpest I've ever used" pronounced the editor of "Astronomy" in a rave review.

Al's "Nagler" series heralded its own revolution in eyepieces. Called "remarkable" by the author of "Telescope Optics", it has an 82° apparent field, and 10 times the field sharpness of any previous eyepiece. Naglers are truly the realization of Al's dream for "spacewalk" viewing, even more so with the new long eye relief Nagler Type 4 models, long focal length Type 5 models, and short focal length Type 6 models.

Look at the celebrated Panoptic eyepieces for "tack-sharp," low power, 68° fields. And, our new 60° Radian series eyepieces with 20mm eye relief offers the most performance possible for eyeglass wearers. Planetary enthusiasts can enjoy Nagler zooms with constant 50° fields and 3-6mm or 2-4mm focal lengths.

The performance inherent in EVERY Tele Vue eyepiece manufactured is verified for you at f/4; quality assurance available nowhere else. We even had to design our own eyepiece test equipment. No fast, sharp, flat field instrument existed to do the job.

With this effort, Tele Vue serendipitously pioneered the multipurpose, diffraction limited, fast refractor as a serious, portable alternative to Newtonians and SCTs. The current Tele Vue-NP 101 is the ultimate evolution. This Benchmark 4 inch, f/5.4 scope sets new standards in both wide-angle AND high power viewing.

When travel convenience and instant setup are paramount, their 60mm, 76mm and 85mm APO scopes are literally the "way to go." Sling one over your shoulder, but watch out! Their sizes belie their capability. You're carrying around "reference standard" optics, ("Better View Desired" magazine) acclaimed for birding, nature studies and astronomy. Every scope is lab tested to insure diffraction limited performance. They also happen to be the finest scopes for beginners because they are so easy to use.

Also check out their great accessories: Bino Vue, Paracorr, Starbeam, Bandmate filters, and convenient tripods and mounts with Sky Tour Computer.

Above all, Tele Vue experience to be "...even better than you imagined."