Author: Stuart Parkerson

Orange County Telescopes Roller Bearing Upgrade for Celestron Advanced VX Mounts
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Orange County Telescopes Roller Bearing Upgrade for Celestron Advanced VX Mounts

Orange County Telescopes (OC Telescopes) are now offering the opportunity for their customers who purchase a Celestron Advanced VX Mount to upgrade the roller bearing system with newly available tapered roller bearings sourced from Japan. This upgrade to the Celestron AVX German equatorial mount can increase maximum exposure time without […]

Daystar 60mm Solar Telescope
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Daystar 60mm Solar Telescope

The Daystar 60mm DS Solar telescope has proven to be very popular. So popular that amateur astronomers are having to react quickly to get their hands on one. These hi-performing narrow, ‘doublestack’ bandpass H alpha solar telescopes are priced at $795US, making them an extreme value as a way to […]

interstellarum Deep Sky Altas
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interstellarum Deep Sky Altas

The interstellarum Deep Sky Altas has been appreciated for its contribution to modern celestial cartography and its ability to help amateur astronomers understand their night skies as it pertains specifically to their observing conditions and equipment. The Atlas focuses on offering bright objects that are bold, and faint objects light. […]

Vixen Optics Atera Binocular
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Vixen Optics Atera Binocular

Vixen Optics Atera Binocular: At just 422 grams (14.9 ounces), Vixen’s Atera Vibration-Cancelling Binocular ($649US) is lighter than most similarly-equipped options and will provide hours of great views, up to 12 hours of on time, in fact, from just two typical AAA batteries. This big performer in a tiny package […]

Glatter Parallizer
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Howie Glatter Collimation Tools

Howie Glatter Collimation Tools: The Glatter Parallizer was a brilliant innovation that addressed the need to keep the eyepiece (or other optical accessory) parallel with the optical axis of the telescope. Howie Glatter understood that centering the optical axis of the eyepiece to that of the telescope – a factor […]