In mid-July reports started surfacing that the California offices of Orion Telescopes and Binoculars had ceased operations and closed their California offices. There was no available official announcement, so details were from third party sources. However, at the end of July the Orion website was no longer available. Orion was […]

The Airy Disk Triplet 204mm f/7 Apo is the flagship telescope from Airy Disk and offers a relatively fast focal ratio of f/7 and a 50″ long (dew shield retracted) which makes it suitable for smaller observatories. Airy-Disk is a new astronomy products company that is producing a lineup of […]

The Rouz Astro Telescope Control Center Platform has been updated to a new version offering a modular design that can be used to configure an imaging platform with mini-PCs, ZWO ASIAIRs, power distribution hubs and more. It offers a versatile platform that will clamp on to any Losmandy or Vixen […]

Deep-Sky Planner is a comprehensive astronomical planning and logging software for visual observers and astro-imagers. The Deep-Sky Planner 9 release from Knightware offers updated and expanded professional catalog data and ton of new features. Deep-Sky Planner is comprehensive astronomical planning and logging software for visual observers and astro-imagers. Deep-Sky Planner […]

The Sharpstar SQA55 Quintuplet Refractor is a Petzval designed f/4.8, 256 mm focal length telescope which offers an interchangeable lens/scope design, a dual-speed helical focuser and an aperture adjustment wheel. The Petzval design offers an optical system that is exceptionally well corrected and provides very fast focal ratios which means […]

The Photographic Atlas of the Moon by longtime ATT contributor Roger Reeves is a guide to our closest celestial companion written in a non-technical narrative that brings fresh insights from an astro imaging perspective. It provides comprehensible, jargon-free language about the Moon, its orbit, its creation and the differing geologic […]

The QHY Liquid Cooling kit is a unique and non-traditional way to achieve cooling for QHY cameras. Instead of relying on fans, this kit employs liquid cooling to maintain optimal operating temperatures for QHYCCD astronomical and scientific cameras. There are many benefits of liquid cooling. It is more efficient than […]

Rigel Systems has announced that their wifi-nFOCUS precision focusing system has been added to the wifi-nSTEP as fully ASCOM ALPACA compliant for focusing control from wifi access points. As Dr. Leon Palmer of Rigel Systems notes, “ASCOM has undergone a rapid transformation from Windows-only to a universal technology. Classic ASCOM […]

The Kson Olympus AS102 APO is a classic air spaced FPL51 and Lanthanum Doublet refractor with a generous f/12 (f/15 with aperture cap) focal length. Designed to for excellent visual observing for planetary, lunar, double star and some DSO viewing, it offers one of the longest focal length modern achromats […]

nPAE Precision Astro Engineering Limited is again hosting its annual Southern Hemisphere Astrophotography Competition. Participants can enter by sending in their favorite Southern Hemisphere object which can be a Deep Space Object (DSO), Planetary, Lunar or Solar image. Participants can enter a maximum of 2 photos and the images must […]

The Orion 9×50 Achromatic Crosshair Finder Scope features a multicoated 50mm achromatic lens assembly with 9x magnifying power which provides a bit more resolution over a 7x or 8x finder, while still providing a wide field of view to help locate objects. It’s an ideal step up from a red […]