Every year our manufacturers dig deep and donate valuable products to our amazing SCAE giveaway! The list you see below includes donations pledged from all participating manufacturers, whether they are attending SCAE this year or not (exhibitor names are linked to their SCAE page).
OPT will be hosting several drawings for SCAE, including those taking place on Saturday the 13th at the event (must be present to win) and the Online Giveaway, which gives anyone who signs up a chance to win a great prize. OPT will decide which items will be in each drawing; items with a red asterisk (*) are part of the Online Giveaway. Thanks to all the wonderful manufacturers listed (in alphabetical order) below!
Apogee – A8050 CCD Camera & 8 Position Color Filter Wheel, valued at $4021
Astrodon – Gift Certificate, valued at $500
Astronomik – Gift Certificate, valued at $200
Astro-Physics – 10.5 x 70 Premium Binoculars, valued at $399
AstroTrac – TT320X-AG with Polar Scope, valued at $730
Astrozap – Four Gift Certificates, total value $200
Atik – Titan CCD Camera, valued at $679
Canon – Rebel EOS SL1 with 18mm – 55mm Lens, plus two Pixma Pro-100 printers*, valued at $1,800
Celestron – Advanced VX 8″ EdgeHD telescope, a Handheld Digital Microscope Pro, and six (6) other mystery prizes…total value $3,418.85
Custom Scientific – Three 1.25″ Filters, value to be determined
DayStar – 80mm SolaREDi 0.5A Telescope, valued at $6,000
Delkin – Sensor Scope & 16GB 600X SD Card, valued at $200
Discovery Telescopes – 8″ Dobsonian Telescope, valued at $1,000
Explore Scientific – 127mm ED APO Triplet Carbon Fiber, valued at $2,499
FLI – Centerline Filter Wheel, valued at $2,450
Hotech – ACT-125 “Clyde Tombaugh Awarded” Collimator, valued at $455
Howie Glatter – Parallizer, valued at $45
Hutech – Orthoscopic Eyepiece Set, valued at $900
iOptron – Solar 60 GTO Telescope with Electronic Eyepiece, valued at $399
Imaging Source – Five (5) CCD Cameras, valued at $2,880*
iStar Optical – 127mm f/8 R30 Asteria Refractor, valued at $2,149*
JMI – Gift Certificate and Soft Carry Case, valued at $150
Kendrick – Gift Certificate, valued at $100
Losmandy – GM8S Equatorial Mount, valued at $1,495
Lunt Solar Systems – LS60THa/B6CP Solar Telescope and Three (3) Sets of Lunt Eyepieces, valued at $3,100
Meade Instruments – 10″ LX600 Telescope with Wedge, valued at $5,000
New Mexico Southern Skies – OPT Gift Certificate, valued at $300
MonStar Prints – Russel C False Color Orion Print, valued at $400
OPT – Beginner’s Planetary Imaging Package, valued at $889.*
Optec – Pyxis-LE Rotator, 5X 1.25″ – 2″ Compression Adapters, CCD Astronomy book, valued at $1,000
Opticron – Binoculars, value TBD
Pentax – WX14 & XF8.5 eyepieces, valued at $538
QSI – 583WS CCD Camera, valued at $3,200
SBIG – STF-8300C Color CCD Camera, valued at $1,795*
Shannon Telescopics – Eyepiece/Telescope Tray, valued at $200
Software Bisque – Software & Database Add-On, valued at $1,200
Southern Stars – Two Skywires, valued at $180
StarGPS – StarGPS for any compatible telescope, valued at $130
Starlight Xpress – SX Filter Wheel with integrated OAG, valued at $425
Stellarvue – SV80D APO Triplet with Case, valued at $1,195
Takahashi – FS-60Q & FS-60CB Telescopes, valued at $2,737
TeleGizmos – Two Gift Certificates for 365-Series Telescope Covers, valued at $400
Tele Vue - A Tele Vue Eyepiece Bag filled with Nagler eyepieces, including a 31mm Type 5*, 20mm Type 5, 13mm Type 6, 9mm Type 6, 7mm Type 6, and 5mm Type 6…valued at $2,660
Unihedron – Sky Quality Meter with Lens, valued at $134.95
Vixen – Ten (10) SpaceEye 70 Telescopes, valued at $1,295
Warren Keller – IP4AP PixInsight Part 1 Tutorial DVD, valued at $69.95
William Optics – Binoviewer & Guidescope with Rings, valued at $400
