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Questar Notes & Interesting Articles

Questar Literature from Company Seven's Archives:
• "Questar Booklet" Moderate resolution reprint of original Questar 35 page illustrated catalog and price list dated November 1960. File is 9,347,098 Bytes; typically a 20-40 minute download (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format). From Company Seven's Archives.

• "Questar Booklet" High Resolution reprint of original Questar 35 page illustrated catalog and price list dated November 1960 (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format). From Company Seven's Archives.
  

• "Distinctive Features" Extract from the Questar booklet of mid 1950's; appeared as advertisement in January 1956. From Company Seven's Archives.

• "How to Tell Whether You Need A Questar" Questar advertisement from 1956 (and mid 1950's); very much applicable today. From Company Seven's Archives.

• "May We Tell You About Questar?" Hand out with black and white image of the Questar as distributed by Questar in 1959. It mentions Questar may be seen in the traveling exhibition called "20th CENTURY DESIGN: U.S.A." at the City Art Museum of St. Louis September 14, to October 25, 1959". The sheet also mentions "as advertised in Natural History magazine". From Company Seven's Archives. Download size is 1,213,812 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).
  

• "Questar Gets A Lucky Rift In The Clouds" Illustrated hand out sheet with images of the Questar Standard telescope and the total eclipse of the Sun as photographed by Mr. Dumont Rush on 2 October 1959, at the Canary Islands. Mr. Rush's account mentions "I find the Questar a joy to use and a joy to carry.". This sheet was distributed by Questar. From Company Seven's Archives. From Company Seven's Archives. Download size is 1,302,376 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).
  

• "Questar Optical System" Extract: page 16 from the Questar catalog of November 1960 showing light path through the optical components. From Company Seven's Archives.

• "Questar Price List, October 1, 1958" Reprint of complete original Questar price list from October 1958 brochure. Notice how few offerings we on the list at this time. From Company Seven's Archives. Download size is 131,146 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).
  

Questar Product Brochures:
• Questar Astro 7 illustrated two page brochure describing the Astro 7 telescope. From Company Seven's Library. Download size is 932,574 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• Questar Field Model illustrated two page brochure describing the Questar Field Model telescope. From Company Seven's Library. Download size is 1,563,246 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• Questar 7 Classic LW Titanium illustrated two page brochure of Questar 7 LW (introduced Fall 2002) from Company Seven's Library. Download size is 175,927 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• Questar 7 Classic illustrated two page brochure of original Questar 7 (discontinued Fall 2002 for Info purposes only) from Company Seven's Library. Download size is 1,284,506 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• Questar Standard 3-½ illustrated two page brochure describing the Questar Standard telescope. from Company Seven's Library. Download size is 348,071 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

Articles Regarding Techniques, Customer Feedback:
• "Arthur C. Clarke's Comments About His Questar 3-½". An excerpt from the nonfiction book "The Treasure of the Great Barrier Reef" by Arthur C. Clarke (b. 1917) where he described his Questar 3-½ as "the finest small telescope ever built--the 3-½ inch Questar, a jewel of precision optics which has produced close-ups of the moon that could easily be mistaken for Mount Wilson photographs". We include images of the book cover and of an advertisement by the publisher Harper & Row. Also included are some notes that we found interesting about the the locations upon which the book is based. From Company Seven's archives.

• "Photography Using the Questar Telescope" article offering advice, explaining hardware and the techniques recommended to obtain better results when using a Questar as an ultratelephoto lens. From Company Seven's archives.

• "Prima Nocta: The First Night" extracts from a letter expressing the joy of the first night out in 1997 with a new Questar 3-½ astronomical telescope. Sent to Company Seven from our customer.

• "Questar Telescope Service and Repair" information about obtaining service or repair of Questar products.

• "Selecting an Astronomical Questar Telescope" by Company Seven a good overview of the decision making process of buying a Questar. While this article is geared more towards the astronomical 3-½ inch models, there are concise explanations of the various configurations and of the major optical and accessory choices which apply to most other consumer models including the Birder and Field Model, and the larger Questar 7 models.

• "A Solar Telescope for Lovers of the Sun" An article about the development and operation of the Questar Solar Observatory based on the DayStar hydrogen-alpha filter. Contributed by the developer Michael Olshausen for Company Seven. Used by permission of the author with all rights reserved by the author.

• "A Total Eclipse Of The Sun, Observed With A Questar Telescope" Letter from a customer of Company Seven who took his Questar astronomical telescope with Questar Full Aperture Solar Filter to the Black Sea in order to observe the total solar eclipse of 11 August 1999. Contributed by William Chandler with all rights reserved by the author.

Items in Company Seven's Virtual Museum:
• "Questar 3-½ Declination Vernier Manual Drive" Article describing an original Questar Standard and Questar Duplex 3-½ Declination Vernier Manual Drive. From Company Seven's Museum Collection.

• "Original Leather Case For Questar 3-½ Telescopes" Article describes the original English saddle leather case provided by Questar with their 3-½ telescopes sold from 1954 to 1962. From Company Seven's Museum Collection.

• "Leather Case For Questar 3-½ Telescopes 1970's" Article describes the rigid leather case provided by Questar with their 3-½ telescopes sold from the late 1960's into the late 1970's. From Company Seven's Museum Collection.

• Questar 3-½ Moon Map and Star Chart, illustrated article explaining the arrangement and use of these two distinctive aids to navigation that are provided with most Questar 3-½ astronomical telescopes. From Company Seven's Museum Collection.

• "Questar Powerguide Drive & Corrector" Article describing an original AC and 12 volt DC drive control system for the Questar Fork Mounts. From Company Seven's Museum Collection.

• "Questar Powerguide I Drive & Corrector" Article describing an original 9 volt DC powered drive system control for the Questar Fork Mounts. From Company Seven's Museum Collection.

• "Questar Seven S/N P-7-378-DP: A Restoration Mini-Epic!" The story of the restoration of an original Questar 7 telescope and Fork Mount. From Company Seven's Museum Collection.

• "Questar Seven Declination Vernier Manual Drive" Article describing an original Questar Seven Declination Vernier Manual Drive. From Company Seven's Museum Collection.