Last Update:  9-15-2003

Directories
Science centers, observatories, planetariums, clubs, businesses

Sky & Telescope Directory of Dealers and Manufacturers   
Association of Science & Technology Centers
Astronomical Society of Northern California
Astronomy Mall
International Planetarium Society

Equipment Manufacturers & Retailers and Model Shops

Boot's Camera  Celestron and Meade
5587 North Blackstone Ave., Fresno  (559) 432-0446

Celestron International
2835 Columbia Street, Torrance, CA 90503  (310) 328-9560

Discovery Telescopes Inc.
615 S. Tremont Street, Oceanside, CA 92054  (760) 967-6598

Earth and Sky Adventure Products
2382 Leptis Circle, Morgan Hill, CA  95037   (408) 778-1695

Gluskin's Cameras Audio Video  Meade
300 Lincoln Center, Stockton,  CA 95207  (209) 477-5566

Hobby People  Models, Tools & Supplies, Books
270 N. Hill Avenue, Pasadena, CA 95207  (626) 568-0883

Lumicon  Celestron and Meade
2111 Research Dr. #4-5, Livermore  800-767-9576

Meade Instruments Corp.
6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, CA 92620  (949) 451-1450

Oceanside Photo & Telescope  Celestron and Meade
1024 Oceanside  800-483-6287

Orion Telescopes
3609 Buchanan St., San Francisco   (415) 931-9966

Orion Telescopes
10555 S. De Anza Blvd, San Jose-Cupertino   (408) 255-8770

Reed's Cameras  Meade
1524 Locust St., Walnut Creek, CA 94596   (925) 934-7207

Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG)  
147-A Castilian Drive, Santa Barbara, CA  93117   (805) 571-7244

Scope City  Celestron and Meade
730 Easy Street, Simi Valley   (805) 522-6646

Scope City  Celestron and Meade
14324 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks   (818) 789-5805

Scope City  Celestron and Meade
3033 S. Bristol, Cost Mesa   (714) 957-6900

Scope City  Celestron and Meade
4766 Claremont Mesa Blvd, San Diego  ( 619) 277-6686

Scope City  Celestron and Meade
350 Bay Street, San Francisco   (415) 421-8800

Starsplitter Telescopes
3228 Rikkard Drive, Thousand Oaks  (805) 492-0489

Stellarvue
P.O. Box 7515, Auburn  (530) 878-0710

Studio City Camera  Meade
12174 Ventura Blvd, Studio City   (818) 762-4749

Thousand Oaks Optical   filters - solar, eclipse viewers, H-Alpha, nebula
Box 4813, Thousand Oaks

What in The World
28200 Highway 189, Suite #E200, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352  (909) 337-5080 

Woodland Hills Camera  Celestron
5348 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Woodland Hills  (818) 347-2270

Research Centers, Museums, Science Centers, Camps

California Science Center
700 State Drive, Los Angeles  323-724-3623

Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory   see NASA below

Chabot Space & Science Center
10902 Skyline Blvd, Oakland  510-530-3480

Exploratorium and Exploratorium Store
3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco  415-563-7337

Fleet Space Science Theater & Science Center   including a planetarium
1875 El Prado Way, San Diego  619-238-1233

Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California, Centennial Drive, Berkeley  510-642-5132

Monterey Bay Aquarium
886 Cannery Row, Monterey  408-648-4888

NASA Ames Research Center      Visiting Ames
Moffett Field, CA 94035   650-604-5000   a short distance NW of San Jose along Hwy 101

NASA Exploration Center
at NASA Ames Research Center (see above)

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory    Public Tours     Directions    Maps  
4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109   818-354-4321

San Francisco Bay Model
2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito  415-332-1851

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara   805-682-4711 ext.308

Space Endeavour Center
Space education center and camp near Vandenberg AFB

Tech Museum of Innovation
201 South Market Street, San Jose  408-294-8324