The new DWARF II smart telescope joins the growing list of robotic telescopes using smart technology. It is a compact smart telescope controlled by your smartphone under the control of the DWARFLAB App and is being offered at an introductory price point of $395US which places it in cost space […]
The Founder Optics FOT86 Triplet Apo is a high performing 3-element ED APO triplet refractor designed in Japan and manufactured by Founder Optics in Tiawan. For the FOT86 refractor Founder Optics adopted 2 ED glass lenses of S-FPL 53 and S-FPL 51. In addition to the ED lenses, they incorporate […]
Amateur Astronomy Outreach will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. During the webcast the Sky-Watcher team will sit down and discuss amateur astronomy outreach and education with Athena Frost, a physics educator and Griffith Observatory museum guide. The Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast is a live […]
The Founder Optics FOT106 Triplet Apo is a high performing 3-element ED APO triplet refractor designed in Japan and manufactured by Founder Optics in Tiawan. For the FOT106 refractor Founder Optics adopted 2 ED glass lenses of S-FPL 53 and S-FPL 51. In addition to the ED lenses, they incorporate […]
Solar Snap is a new solar eclipse smart phone solar filter that that was developed by former Hubble Space Telescope Astronomer, Dr. Doug Duncan. The Solar Snap kit includes solar eclipse-viewing lenses designed specifically for use with smartphones along with the Solar Snap app offered in an iOS version on […]
The team behind the Galileoscope telescope project is working with Explore Scientific to create a Galileoscope Solar Kit that includes a safe solar filter and sunshade. The Galileoscope is a wonderful telescope for observing solar eclipses – and for observing sunspots on any sunny day (and the Moon, planets, and […]
The Vespera Hygrometer Sensor from Vaonis helps battle fogging, which is one of the many enemies of amateur astronomers. In a cold or humid environment, droplets and fog can form on the lens of telescopes and cameras, affecting both the quality of observation and photos. Vespera’s anti-fog system will activate […]
The new APM 12 x 56 MS ED Binoculars are the latest in the APM Magnesium Series. The main advantage to the new binoculars is the wide-angle eyepiece, which achieves a FOV of 72°. In addition, the image brightness and resolution is better compared to standard 12×50 binoculars. All APM […]
The Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Advance Gen2 is a small but powerful device that allows up to 4 USB devices to be plugged in – 2 x USB2 and 2 x USB3 Ports. It was created to be a step up from the Pocket Powerbox Micro offering more advanced features […]
The new Askar 65PHQ 0.75× Full-Frame Reducer has a quadruplet design and the 0.75× reduction gives the Askar 65PHQ a shortened focal ratio of f/4.8 and a shortened focal length of 312mm. This reducer, connected with the astrograph, can effectively shorten the exposure time and dramatically increase your field of […]
The Founder Optics Bino-One 72 is a spotting scope with a divergent binoviewer with two 72mm eyepieces designed for 3D views. The innovative, built-in binocular viewer includes two 12.5 mm eyepieces that provide 35X magnification. And the design provides the opportunity to simply switch to different eyepieces for a change […]
The Sky-Watcher SolarQuest Mount will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. The Sky-Watcher team will take a deep dive into the Sky-Watcher SolarQuest which automatically aligns and tracks the sun without any alignment needed. It is perfect for outreach, eclipses and just general observing of […]