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Celestron founder passes away at age 89
Celestron founder dies at age 89
Tom Johnson founded the telescope company in 1960 and revolutionized the hobby with the Celestron 8.
Johnson, first created Celestron as a division of his aerospace electronics firm, Valor Electronics.
Starting with this 1960 6-inch reflector, Johnson moved on to bigger and more sophisticated designs, and his new company was soon offering Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes in 4- to 22-inch models.
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