This company was started in 1977 by former executives of the Questar Corporation. Their sole purpose was to manufacture a Questar quality instrument without the accompanying Questar price. Their sole product, like Questar, was high quality Maksutov telescopes. The company did well for a few years, but was not able to sustain their product, and ceased production in 1982.
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The Quantum series was introduced in 1978 and lasted until 1982. These telescopes were of very high optical and mechanical quality and are much sought after today. The Quantum 4 was a 4" f/15 optical system with a built-in flip mirror a-la Questar. This would allow the image to proceed through the telescope back to a camera or other accessories or divert the image through a 1 ¼" eyepiece holder. When diverted through the eyepiece holder, another knob could insert a barlow lens. The optical tube, with its 6x30 RA finder was placed on a single arm fork type mount with an electric clock drive and table top legs. Quantum 6 was the 6" f/15 version of the above telescope, but with 2" eyepieces a larger support arm and a 8x50 RA finder. The largest model of the line was the Quantum 8. This was an 8" f/15 optical tube with the 2" eyepiece back like the Quantum 6. It was made as an optical tube only. There very few of the 8" models made, and as a result they are very expensive. | |
| Quantum 4 | ||
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In an attempt to even further reduce costs, the Quantum 100 was marketed for a short time. This used the same basic 4" f/15 optics as the Quantum 4, but with a standard visual back for 1 ¼" eyepieces. It was mounted on a very simple single arm fork type mount with an electric clock drive and table top legs. | |
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