DFM Engineering, Inc.
1035 Delaware Ave. Unit D
Longmont, CO 80501
Phone: 303-678-8143
Fax: 303-772-9411

 
 
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Company Profile

A. Company History
B. Letter from the President
C. Our Credentials
D. Customer Testimonials

Products

A. Telescopes & Systems
1. Standard Cassegrain Telescopes
2. Custom Telescopes
3. Telescope Control Systems
4. Telescope Optics
5. Telescope Mounts

B. Instrumentation
1. Guide Acquire Module
2. Filter Wheel
3. Spectrograph
4. Photometer
5. X - Y Guider
6. Slide Mirror
7. Articulated Relay Eyepiece

C. Optical Systems
1. Heliostats
2. Siderostats/Coeleostats
3. Beam Directors
4. Electro-Optical-Mechanical Systems (EOMS)
5. Gimbals
6. Satellite Trackers

D. Lidar Components
1. Standard Lidar Scanners
2. Custom Lidar Scanners
3. Lidar Scanner Specifications
4. Optical Tube Assembly

Professional Services

A. Observatory Dome & Pier
1. Mirror Handling
2. Telescopes & Systems

B. Retrofit Telescopes
1. Retrofit Control System
2. Rebuilding
3. Consulting
4. Retrofit Examples

C. Engineering & Fabrication Capabilities
1. Retrofit Telescopes
2. Observatory Dome & Pier

Newsworthy Articles

A. Late Breaking News
B. Internet Telescope Performance Requirements
C. How to Buy a Telescope for your Institution
D. The Optimal Telescope Structure: Engineering Articles
E. A Very Wide Field, Very Fast Telescope
F. Telescope Gearing
G. Observatory Design and Construction

Related Sites

A. Observatories and Educational Institutions
B. Organizations, Publications & Related Technical Site

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Inquiries

 
DFM Engineering designs, manufactures, and installs automated research grade telescopes, astronomical instrumentation, Lidar scanners, and retrofits older telescopes. Implementing proven technological advances in astronomy, physics, and engineering, DFM supplies universities, governments, international organizations and private observatories with quality astronomical instruments. DFM offers consulting, technical training, and technical support for telescopes, computer control systems, retrofit control systems, electro-optical mechanical systems, custom products, optics and Lidar scanners. DFM specializes in telescopes, astronomical instruments, computer control systems, retrofit telescopes, high-precision optics, Lidar, electro-optical mechanical systems, robotic research grade telescopes, Ritchey-Chretien telescopes, Cassegrain telescopes, telescope rebuilding, astronomy, remote observing, large telescope manufacturers, pier dome design, observatory design consulting, system integration, beam directors, heliostats, siderostats, coeleostats, gimbals, satellite trackers, seeing monitors, spectrographs, filter wheels, guide acquire modules, photometers, x-y guiders, differential image motion monitors, DIMM, optical interferometers, autoguiders, instrument selectors, alt-azimuth, alt-alt mounts, instrument rotators, handicapped eyepieces, and slide mirrors