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LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa speaking at the ceremony

Griffith Observatory officially re-opened its doors on November 2, 2006. Celestron was honored to be a part of the dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Celestron donated two custom-built Schmidt-Cassegrain optical tubes to the Griffith Observatory. The observatory has piggyback mounted the 8” and 9.25” telescopes to Griffith’s 12” Zeiss telescope to provide live images of targeted objects for the general public to view on the observatory’s ground floor. Read the rest of this entry »

From left to right, Tony Cook, John Mosley and Dr. E.C. Krupp of the Griffith Observatory shown with the custom-built Celestron scopes. To the right is the NexStar 11GPS telescope that Celestron donated to the observatory in 2003.

TORRANCE, CA – May 4, 2005 – Celestron, one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes and microscopes, announced the donation of two custom-built Schmidt-Cassegrain optical tubes to the Griffith Observatory. The observatory plans to piggyback mount the 8” and 9.25” telescopes to Griffith’s 12” Zeiss telescope to provide live images of targeted objects for the general public to view on the observatory’s ground floor. The addition of the Celestron telescopes for public viewing is just one improvement for the observatory which is undergoing a major renovation and expansion. The observatory will reopen on May 14, 2006, on its 71st anniversary. Read the rest of this entry »