Celestron

Celestron is an iconic American telescope manufacturer, founded in California in 1960 by electronics engineer Tom Johnson. What began as a hobby—building a telescope for his sons—developed into a company that would transform amateur astronomy.

Celestron’s defining achievement was finding a way to mass-produce high-quality Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes. The breakthrough made this compact, versatile design affordable to amateur astronomers, culminating in the legendary C8, introduced in 1970. The C8’s combination of 8-inch aperture, compact size and accessible price made it one of the most influential amateur telescopes ever produced.

Celestron has continued this tradition of bringing advanced technology to amateur astronomers, pioneering computerised GoTo telescopes, StarSense automatic alignment, EdgeHD optics and RASA fast astrograph.

The brand is synonymous with innovation, accessibility and versatility, making sophisticated astronomical technology available to everyone from first-time observers to experienced visual astronomers and astrophotographers.