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ScopeDome popular
Offers a 3 meter observatory dome with complete automation system.
Explora Dome by Polydome popular
Offers home observatory domes. Provides details of specifications and prices.
Durango Skies popular
http://www.domeobservatory.com/
Offers to design and install dome and roll-off roof observatories, ranging from modest structures to sophisticated, fully automated models. Also offers solar power systems and observatory equipment.
Clear Skys, Inc. popular
Produces rotating observatory dome systems constructed of fiberglass, telescope piers, helical fine focus adapters, and various other products for amateurs.
Astro Haven popular
Fiberglass clamshell domes for observatory, planetarium, radar-tracking housing, portable bandstand.
Astro Domes popular
Telescope observatory domes for the home and serious astronomer. Site features specifications, photos and plan views of each product.
Ash Manufacturing Company popular
Produces the Ash-Dome line of observatory domes and tracking instrument shelters for advanced amateur observatories, professional observatories and government agencies.
Alexander's Observatories popular
http://www.alexandersobservatories.com/
Provides fully installed rolling roof observatories, plus Shockproof easy-Level Pedestals (permanent piers) for a variety of telescopes. Located in the UK.
Vycon Products, Ltd.
http://www.vycon.co.uk/observatories/
Offers the fiberglass Voyager Observatory, with an approximate 8 foot inside diameter, suitable for instruments up to 16 inches in aperture.
Technical Innovations, Inc.
Fiberglass Home-Dome, Pro-Dome and Robo-Dome observatory domes, Dome Works and Digital Dome Works control hardware, and Robo-Focus remote focusing hardware with software. Free publications on how to design and set up a remote controlled observatory.
SkyShed
Canadian manufacturer of roll-off observatories, POD fiberglass clamshell dome observatories, and telescope piers. Also sells observatory plans and kits.
Sirius Observatories
http://www.siriusobservatories.com/
Australian manufacturer of astronomical domed observatories, and the ATS Autodome controller system featuring a serial interface for control by TheSky software.
Pier-Tech, Inc.
Unique, adjustable height telescope piers that preserve polar alignment during height adjustment. Company also manufactures the Tele-Station roll-off roof observatory.
Observa-DOME Laboratories, Inc.
Professional observatory domes, missile tracking and LIDAR shelters for advanced amateur, professional and government applications.
Meridian Controls Corporation
http://www.meridiancontrols.com/
Specializes in observatory dome automation and turn-key observatories. Slaving of the dome to telescope motion is accomplished using software from Software Bisque.
InfinitSky Architectural Starfields
Manufactures fiber optic StarDomes and StarTiles products which create simulated overhead views of the stars. Products are UL approved and are suitable for installation in homes, offices and in businesses and institutions such as restaurants and science centers.