The Askar V telescope is the latest offering from Askar that offers a unique optics system as it is equipped with two interchangeable lenses – 60mm and 80mm. The telescope also comes with a wide variety of accessories including a case, reducer, flattener, and extender. The V60 and V80 objectives […]
A primer on telescope F ratios will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. The Sky-Watcher team will take a look at telescope F ratios and understanding their function when it comes to telescopes as well as dive into how telescope F ratios affect visual as […]
The 1.25″ and 2” models of the Stellalyra Flat Field Tel-Extender provide a premium quality image amplification lens ideal for high-resolution observing and imaging of the Moon and planets. Both the 1.25″ 3x Tel-Extender and 2″ 2x Tele-Extender features a four-element optical lens design that minimizes field curvature and provides […]
What to see in the night sky for April will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. The Sky-Watcher team will check out what to see in the night skies of October for 2022 from the full Moon, comets, meteor showers to a selection of deep […]
Open Live Stacker is a new free and open-source application for live stacking on Android and Linux which has been released in beta by Artyom Beilis. Open Live Stacker uses Web UI for virtually all interaction. It gives an advantage of both remote access to the application and portability – […]
Four new Omegon Triplet Apos have been introduced and are available in apertures of 85mm, 96mm, 106mm and 140mm. The new Omegon Triplet Apos use Hoya FCD100 glass from Japan. This optical glass has extremely low dispersion and is equivalent to that of the well-known FPL-53 glass. As a result, […]
The Xasteria astro weather app is an astronomical oriented world weather forecast of the service utilizing the 7Timer weather forecast system. The app is offered in two options with Xasteria offered free of charge and Xasteria Plus app as a paid version. In its latest update, the Xasteria Plus app […]
An EAF Bracket for the ZWO Helical Focuser is the latest accessory available from the Buckeyestargazer Shop. Joel Short, an astroimaging enthusiast located in Northern Indiana, opened the Buckeyestargazer Shop to make available items he has developed to offer affordable and uncomplicated accessories. As Short comments, “These are simple and […]
The Williams Optics WIFD GT81 APO is the first offering from William Optics featuring a new Internal Focus Design (WIFD) Apochromatic Series of telescopes. As the William Optics team notes, “The Internal Focus Design (WIFD) Apochromatic Series offers an innovative and revolutionary design which combines a precision (Patented) internal focusing […]
The OGMA AP26 astrophotography cameras are an offering from a new company headquartered in the US in Raleigh, North Carolina. As the OGMA team notes, “OGMA is the name of a yellow subgiant star orbited by a hot exoplanet. It’s also the brand name of carefully sourced astronomy equipment brought […]
We reported earlier this year on the release of the Founder Optics Bino-One 72 and the company has also released the Founder Optics Bino-One 80, a spotting scope with a divergent binoviewer with two 80mm eyepieces designed for 3D views. The innovative, built-in binocular viewer includes two 12.5 mm eyepieces […]
Two new Player One Artemis Cameras have been released, the Artemis-C Pro and the Artemis-M Pro. Both are cooled cameras and are designed for DSO imaging. The Artemis-C Pro utilizes the Sony IMX294 4/3″ format color sensor. The 4.63um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 65.8Ke with a total […]