The Astronomy Acres Remote Observatory complex is a new roll-off observatory rental opportunity under construction in Southwest New Mexico. The complex is located just north of Rodeo, NM with easy access to restaurants, groceries and a gas station for those that choose to visit the location and their equipment. The […]
The new Levenhuk Atom Digital Night Vision Monocular models offer an NVD with a digital converter that can eliminate glare and are designed for both night and day use. The Monoculars are offered in two versions, the DNM100 and DNM50. They can be mounted on tripods with a standard 1/4″ […]
The Astrodevice Filter Box is a storage container for storing filter sliders with screw-in filters. As the Astrodevice team notes, “If you have one of Astrodevice’s filter drawers, you surely know that filters feel best when they are screwed into the magnetic sliders. Then you can easily reach for them […]
2023 Star Parties will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. Star parties are a major event that all astronomers look forward to and, as many know, they also take a lot of planning. The Sky-Watcher team will take a look at things to consider before […]
The Celestron Tabletop Tripod eliminates the need for a full-height tripod and provides grab-and-go convenience for Celestron’s NexStar Evolution or NexStar SE telescope. The Celestron Tabletop Tripod is a compact and sturdy accessory that is half the size and weight of a standard tripod, making it perfect for travel. The […]
Track The Stars is offering a new TTS Handpad Emulation App which is a small Windows application that emulates the handpad for the TTS-160 Panther mount and the TTS-300 Mammoth Mount making the handpad functionality available by PC. The TTS Handpad Emulation App will create a software handpad on the […]
The new Levenhuk Atom Digital Night Vision Binoculars are an NVD with a digital converter that can eliminate glare and are designed for both night and day use. The binoculars are offered in two versions: DNB100 (no battery provided) and DNB200 (with rechargeable batteries). They can be mounted on tripods […]
The Starfield GEAR60Q 60mm Quadruplet f/5 Petzvel APO is a widefield telescope in the Petzval design which means that finding the perfect spacing is easily achieved. Just focus your camera and take your images. The working distance is 41-61mm from the 48mm thread, and a 44mm image circle will illuminate […]
The 2023 Night Sky Almanac is now available. The 2023 Night Sky Almanac is the ideal resource for both novice and experienced sky watchers in the United States and Canada, with all the advice, information and data that enthusiasts need to understand and enjoy the wonders of the night sky. […]
The ZEISS SFL binoculars (SFL stands for SmartFocus Lightweight) are optimized to be as lightweight and compact as possible. The new binoculars are offered in 10×40 and 8×40 configurations. The new ZEISS Ultra-High-Definition (UHD) offers true-to-life color reproduction and the highest level of detail and the SmartFocus design places the […]
The Stellalyra Ultra Flat eyepieces provide a generous FOV and excellent field curvature correction, so stars are pin-sharp across the entire visible field, even in fast optical systems. All Stellalyra Ultra Flat eyepieces have fully multicoated optics and blackened lens edges for high light transmission and contrast. The color correction […]
The Starfield 0.8x adjustable reducer and flattener makes finding the correct back focus simple and easy. Setting the adjustment achieving back focus is simple, and, if more adjustment is needed for fine-tuning all that is needed is a small twist. If you are using accessories such as filter wheels and […]