Gerd Neuman with Astronomik has announced that the company’s the new Clip-Filters for the Canon EOS M series are now available providing the ability to use Astronomik filters with your EOS M camera providing a very compact setup for imaging. The filters are optimized to be used with normal lenses […]
Tele Vue has announced the newest DeLite focal lengths are now available. Rounding out the series are focal lengths of 13-mm, 4-mm, and 3-mm. These new DeLites are parfocal with the current 18.2- mm, 15-mm, 11-mm, 9-mm, 7-mm, and 5-mm models. The DeLite 62-degree apparent field eyepieces were developed based […]
First released in the Apple App Store December 2016, the Agile Autoguider is an iPhone app that corrects the mechanical guiding of your telescope to achieve high guiding precision. The iPhone is attached to the finder scope of your telescope and tracks a guide star via the rear camera. If […]
The Great Solar Eclipse 2017 is one of the most anticipated astronomical events in recent memory. For the editors and staff of Astronomy Technology Today, the event has provided the opportunity to focus each month leading up to the event on solar products, services and techniques. Not wanting to be […]
I sold vacuum cleaners when I was in college – Electrolux, in case you’re wondering – and it’s no exaggeration that door-to-door sales taught me survival skills more essential to modern life than did the several universities I attended. “Don’t wait for the customer to come to you. Go to […]
William Optics is offering several limited-edition telescopes as the company continues its 20th anniversary celebration. These are very limited, and when they are gone there will be no more, so if you see one that fits your eye and budget don’t hesitate to grab yours! ZenithStar 71mm f/5.9 Doublet ED […]
Simulation Curriculum’s SkySafari has grown to be one of the most popular and heavily used astronomy programs in the world. Of course, with this type of audience for a software application, there are also a lot of questions users have on maximizing the power of the program. As many companies […]
Check out this video streamed on Feb 26, 2017 of the spectacular Southern Ring of Fire solar eclipse, streamed in 360° from the remote town of Coyhaique in southern Chile, one of the best places in the world to see the this eclipse. The video was taken in Coyhaique’s main […]
It’s time to start making plans for NEAF/NEAIC 2017! The events will again be held in at Suffern, New York, at Rockland Community College, just a short 30-minute drive from New York City. ATT Editor Gary Parkerson will be there to enjoy all of the festivities – plus tons […]
For eight years, Celestron’s workhorse CGEM mount lineup has been the German Equatorial backbone for telescopes ranging from 6 to 11 inches of aperture. Since that time, many more astro-imagers and planetarium controlled setups have emerged as backyard telescope technology has evolved. Celestron’s engineering team applied their years of experience […]
The CCD-Guide is a project of Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Salzkammergut (AAS) – Gahberg observatory (www.astronomie.at) in Austria. Every year since 1997, the CCD team of the observatory Gahberg publishes a new DVD which contains the best CCD and DSLR images of the AAS members. The total revenue from the sale of […]
Editor’s Note: We receive a number of emails after each issue, some with kudos for that issue and some with constructive criticism, all of which we very much enjoy reading. In was in this vein that we recently had an email exchange with Dr. Howard L Ritter, Jr. about his […]