WAS Sponsors
Educational Sponsors
We are indebted to our meeting hosts,
Cranbrook Institute of Science and
Macomb County Community College,
for making our Society possible. Without these institutions providing meeting space and the support of the staff, we could not maintain our focus on high-quality member presentations.
Corporate Sponsors
Our corporate sponsors help the Society with generous donations of equipment and other items for club use and fundraising. They help us - please help them by giving them your business.
2009 Sponsors:
Meridian Telescopes is one of the few astronomy vendors run by a WAS member and former officer. MTG sells domes, parts, electronic control systems,
as well as Antares optical equipment and other neat stuff. They also showed amazing generosity in 2009, donating major raffle prizes to all three of our major raffles.
Orion Telescopes and Binoculars is a telescope design and sales company heavily represented in the telescope collections of WAS members.
Their dedication to selling people the right telescope, their willingness to innovate, and their customer service organization are all reasons their
customers keep coming back. Their generosity towards us has been consistent and heartwarming.
Software Bisque's TheSky is widely used by WAS members for its great feature set and data and especially its excellent imaging support.
If you're in need of software for telescope control, to help you create object lists for your observing award requirements, or just software to let you
voyage to the edge of the solar system, check out Software Bisque's products today! Software Bisque has been an extremely generous and reliable donor for years.
Lumicon bills themselves as "the world's best filters" and a lot of members agree. The 22" scope's OIII and UHC filters
are Lumicons and they are heavily represented in our members' gear cases. They're a great company to work with and very customer-oriented. They're also one of
our most reliable and generous donors.
Scope City offers a wide selection of products at low prices. They pride themselves on customer service and care a great deal
about the amateur astronomy community.
Jim's Mobile (aka JMI Telescopes) dream up, design, and manufacture some of the most cutting-edge equipment on the market today.
From their reverse binoculars to their dob accessory kits - not to mention their (somewhat) affordable 25" - 40" NTT telescopes, they're pushing the amateur equipment forward
as much as some of the big companies.
Oceanside Photo and Telescope is a great company dedicated to supporting the amateur astronomical community, as they've shown towards
the W.A.S. for years. Their OPT Lifetime Rewards program is free to all members of astronomy clubs - sign up and save!
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific, founded in 1889, increases the understanding and appreciation of astronomy by engaging scientists, educators, enthusiasts and the public to advance science and science literacy.
We rely on them for materials for public presentations, and they were generous enough to donate to our annual fundraiser raffle as well.
Celestron's Kevin Kawai and Yasmine Rios visited Astronomy at the Beach 2009 and handed out a lot of promotional items to kids and adults alike. They also donated some very nice logo merchandise to our 2009 raffle.
Several WAS members swear by their telescopes, including star astrophotographer Phil Martin.
Astronomy Magazine is a consistent supporter of amateur astronomy, as well as a great publication that many in the Society subscribe to.
2008 Sponsors:
2007 Sponsors:
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