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Officina Stellare is an Italian manufacturer specialized in professional telescopes for aerospace, research and astroimaging.

Company
The headquarters of the company are in Thiene where R&D, engineering, manufacturing and quality control takes place.

The logo of OFFICINA STELLARE has its roots in the origin of observational astronomy. The star is a graphic evolution of the original star in the Pleiades originally drawn by Galileo in the Sidereus Nuncius (1610). Those drawings were a revolution in the history of science and astronomy. The red color of the logo is the Hydrogen Alpha line color.

Products
The range of optical systems includes: Ritchey Chrétien, Aplanatic Ritchey Chrétien, Ultra Corrected Ritchey Chrétien, Riccardi-Honders, Maksutov Cassegrain, Apochromatic Refractors, custom design optics.

Obervatories, Scientifical and Educational Institutes with Officina Stellare telescopes

 * Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory - Coquimbo Region, Chile
 * MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Massachusetts, USA
 * Caltech California Institute of Technology - California, USA
 * National Taiwan University - Taipei, Taiwan
 * Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment - Astronomical Observatory of Aosta Valley - St. Bartelemy, Italy
 * SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - NASA's Ames Research Center - California, USA