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Knoxville, Tennessee 37931, USA		 PO Box 32515
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12-15-06 Burgess Optical has more dealers! If you are in France, consider Locascope - Scopemania for your Burgess Optical purchases. The Scopemanians speak Dutch/Flemish, German, and English. If you are in Austrialia (or nearby), consider Frontier Optics for your Burgess Optical purchases.
12-14-06 Burgess Optical is having a Get This Stuff Out Of Here sale! A list of clearance items has been posted to the Yahoo BurgessRefractors Group. Contact Burgess Optical or place an e-mail Order.
10-23-06 Burgess Optical will be closed from Monday, October 23, through Tuesday, October 31. If there are any questions or other matters that cannot wait, please contact our dealers.
MRF Finder ring base10-07-06 Burgess Optical has in stock the new Ring Base for the MRF finder. Attach your MRF to your one of your rings for only $10.

10-06-06 Bill Burgess will be at the Bays Mountain StarFest in East Tennessee on October 14.

10-06-06 Bill Burgess will be at the Peach State Star Gaze on October 20 and 21.
10-06-06 Bill Burgess will be at Chiefland in Floriday on November 17 and 18.
09-06-06 Bill Burgess will be at the Tennessee Star Party September 22 & 23.
09-06-06 Bill Burgess will be at the Cincinnatti Ohio Sope Out on September 16.
08-16-06 Burgess Optical has received the first shipment of the TMB Paragon 40mm eyepiece. All the availble stock has been shipped to those who pre-ordered the eyepieces and to our dealers.
08-06-06 Burgess Optical will have a representative at the Oregon Star Party on August 24rd to 27th. Bill Burgess will not be at the star party, but another representative, Ted Collins, will be there with a supply of merchandise.

07-19-06 Burgess Optical will have a representative at the Nebraska Star Party on July 23rd to 28th. Bill Burgess will not be at the star party, but another representative, Jim Rutenbeck, will be there with a supply of merchandise.
07-19-06 Burgess Optical will have a representative at the Eastern Iowa Star Party, August 25th to 27th. Bill Burgess will not be at the star party, but another representative, Jim Rutenbeck, will be there.
07-19-06 Burgess Optical will have a representative at Astrofest (Chicago), September 21 to 24. Bill Burgess will not be at the star party, but another representative, Jim Rutenbeck, will be there.
07-04-06 Burgess Optical will be at the Black Forest Star Party on August 25 to 27. The BFSP will be held at the Cherry Springs State Park in Pennsylvania.
06-21-06 Burgess Optical has the 2.5mm and 7mm Planetary Eyepieces in stock. Supplies are being shipped to our dealers.
06-08-09 Burgess Optical will be attending Star Quest on June 23-24, 2006. The Green Bank Star Quest III is at Green Bank, West Virginia.
06-08-09 Burgess Optical is planning on attending the Apollo Rendezvous Telescope Convention & Star Party on June 16-17, 2006. The Apollo Star Party is presented by the Miami Valley Astronomical Society in Ohio.
04-19-06 High Point Scientific has some Vireo 8x25 Roof Prism Binoculars in stock and ready for shipping. These binoculars are no longer in production and High Point has them on sale.
04-16-06 Burgess Optical will be at NEAF on May 6 & 7. Bill Burgess will be at the HighPoint Scientific booth along with many of his products.
04-16-06 Burgess Optical wants to thank everyone who purchased the Garage Sale 6mm Planetary Eyepiece. Although this version did not meet our high standard set by the other sizes of Planetary Eyepieces, it is still a good eyepiece. The Garage Sale version of the 6mm Planetary eyepiece is sold out and is no longer available. We will be introducing a fully featured 6mm Planetary Eyepieces after the 2.5mm, 7mm, and 8mm Planetary Eyepieces are introduced.
04-01-06 Burgess Optical was at the Tennessee Spring Star Party held at Fall Creek Falls south of Crossville, TN.
Model BV24 Binoviewer03-12-06 Pictures of the Burgess Optical BV24 Binoviewer have been added. The BV24 binoviewer comes with a case, two eyepieces, and an OCA.
02-26-06 Burgess Optical returns from the 2006 Winter Star Party. The Planet Hunter 80mm scope and the new Model 24 Binoviewer were shown.
01-22-06 The Burgess Optical web site now has e-mail ordering for those who live outside the United States and do not have ready access to one of our dealers.. Send an e-mail to Burgess Optical listing what you want to order, and Burgess Optical will reply with an invoice with a link to a secure ordering site.
02-15-06 Burgess Optical has received a shipment of MRFs and SCT dielectric diagonals.

01-18-05 On January 21, 2006, Burgess Optical was in Boiling Springs, NC, at BobFest, which is the 14th Annual Regional Meeting of Amateur Astronomers conducted by Cleveland County Astronomical Society.
01-02-06 Burgess Optical announces a new line of filters, both color filters and a broadband nebula filter. The Broadband Nebula Filter makes a fine light pollution filter and is offered at an unbelieveably low introductory price of $29.
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