OUR MISSION STELLARVUE IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY TELESCOPES, PROGRAMS AND EXPERIENCES TO ENABLE PERSONAL DISCOVERY AND FOSTER A GREATER APPRECIATION FOR NATURE AND THE UNIVERSE TO LEARN MORE. CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW ARE YOU NEW TO ASTRONOMY? STELLARTRIPS STELLARVUE ALLSTARS Stellarvue is more than just a telescope company. We strive to promote scientific education, lead Stellartrips to locations around the world and provide excellent educational programs for our owners. But what we are best known for are the telescopes we provide to the astronomical community. We strive to maintain the highest quality components while keeping our prices as low as possible. This results in very high performance at reasonable prices. Each telescope carrying the Stellarvue label is personally star tested by Vic Maris. Optical and mechanical parts are warrantied and we make sure every customer is 100% satisfied. On rare occasions, a customer will damage a telescope - drop one on concrete or something. Most of the time the telescope survives as they are built like a tank. But should they need some work we are here for our customers. We repair our telescope whether they are returned during the warranty period or after. We are committed to making sure that all Stellarvue instruments operate as they should. That is because we really do care about our customers and nothing sells more of our telescopes than the telescopes themselves. They are our ambassadors and we want them operating to spec when any of our customers shows them off.

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Stellarvue Founder Vic Maris began a lifelong interest in astronomy in the mid 1960's, after reading the Golden Book of Astronomy. "My father bought me a 60mm refractor to encourage my interest in science", he wrote, "That telescope almost ended my interest in astronomy altogether!"  Vic struggled for several nights with the wobbly mount, and inferior eyepieces and optics before finally retiring the telescope to the closet. "Far too many telescopes sit unused in closets because many telescopes are not made with the user in mind. If a telescope is not easy and enjoyable to use, it cannot do what it should, foster a greater appreciation for the universe.

Vic, however, was lucky. Several people fostered his interest in astronomy at an early age. "The pursuit of astronomy has gave me some of the most inspirational experiences of my life and I sincerely appreciate all of those people who helped me along the way, " the owner of Stellarvue reminisced. Vic moreover added that Stellarvue is his way of returning the favor. "Over the past quarter of a century, I have enjoyed introducing thousands of people to astronomy and helped many of them get the most out of their equipment. I have found that most telescopes people buy are very poorly made. I know from personal experience how frustrating it is, and this is what inspired me to create Stellarvue. This is a small telescope company dedicated to introducing people to the night sky with high-quality, reasonably priced equipment and through educational programming. This is more a labor of love than a commercial endeavor. Anyone who has been truly inspired by the majesty of the night sky knows what I am talking about".