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Explore Scientific

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Manufacturer of telescopes, microscopes & binoculars1

Explore Scientific is a company founded by former Meade Instruments Vice President of Brand Community Scott W. Roberts in 2008. Headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, the company designs and manufactures telescopes, spotting scopes, binoculars, microscopes and other scientific devices. Products are manufactured in China by JOC and imported.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Explore Scientific is a company founded by former Meade Instruments Vice President of Brand Community Scott W. Roberts in 2008. Headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, the company designs and manufactures telescopes, spotting scopes, binoculars, microscopes and other scientific devices. Products are manufactured in China by JOC and imported. For Europe the Explore Scientific GmbH is responsible for the distribution of these products.2

The story

During the July 2008 annual Astronomical League Conference Awards banquet in Des Moines, Iowa, the launch of the company was announced by Scott Roberts. In 2009 Explore Scientific became the exclusive distributor of Bresser products in the United States and throughout the Americas. In 2010 Jinghua Optical Electronics Company (JOC) became a partner with Roberts, in 2014 all shares and assets of Explore Scientific LLC were acquired by JourneyNorth Inc. based in the USA.

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Products and brands

  • telescope

Listed on Wikidata.1

Some of the products produced or distributed by Explore Scientific include:

Telescopes: Apochromatic and Achromatic Refractors, Dobsonians, and Maksutov-Newtonian

Eyepieces

Filters

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Spotting scopes

Binoculars

Digital, Biological, and Stereo viewing microscopes

Telescopic sights

Laser Rangefinders

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Timeline

  1. 2008Founded Founded in Laguna Hills1

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