The new Pentax XW 85 eyepieces, the XW23 and XW16, have been added to the PENTAX XW-series lineup featuring an extra -wide 70-degree apparent angle of view with 20mm eye relief to deliver an excellent wide-perspective image. The Pentax XW 85 eyepieces offer seven elements in five groups that provide […]
The Observer’s Handbook 2023 is now available. Published annually for over 100 years by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, the Observer’s Handbook has become a must-have reference book for people interested in astronomy. Whether you are a professional astronomer, a beginner or educator this book is designed for you. […]
Telescopes from the 1920s are just one of the reflections on past amateur telescope offerings that Phil Harrington has written about with “Nights of Future Passed”. Harrington is well known for his many amateur astronomy focused books, magazine articles and more. He currently writes the Binocular Universe column for Astronomy […]
HSpectralyzer is a new software program developed to analyze star spectra acquired by spectrographs using transmission or reflective gratings. HSpectralyzer is a free software to help make the fascinating hobby of astronomy and its application in citizen science more accessible. As the publisher notes, “Although there are great software solutions […]
The CCD Guide 2023 is now available. Every year since 1997, the Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Salzkammergut astronomy club in Austria has published the CCD-Guide, which assists astrophotographers in planning their imaging projects. Besides a huge number of reference images, the CCD-Guide contains software to find images, to view images and to […]
The AstroShader app has been released under beta. It was created as a specific iOS app for end-to-end imaging using the iPhone exclusively for image capturing, stacking and editing. The goals include making it easier to take longer captures and stack images on mobile without using a laptop/desktop and offer […]
The Star Hop Trainer App was created for iOS and Android to help those new to using a telescope learn how to find objects to view. While seasoned observers may take it for granted, star hopping is the skill of learning to find telescope targets by following patterns in the […]
Vātes-Astrographs are an intial offering from NAURIS, a new telescope company based in Germany. According to NAURIS, the idea behind the telescopes was to create a concept that incorporated designs meant to compliment the rapid development and performance that cameras equipped with CMOS sensors have undergone in recent years. The […]
The ASCOM Initiative Alpaca Workbench for Raspberry Pi has been released for the amateur astronomy industry. If you are interested in just learning about Alpaca, or developing apps/drivers that use Alpaca, and if you have a Raspberry Pi 32- or 64-bit with Bulldog OS (Buster 32 is OK too), this […]
The AAVSO is hosting a Winter Imaging Challenge of NGC 457, The Owl/ET Cluster and inviting all amateur astronomers interested in helping make a contribution to science to participate through the photometry project. About the Project V765 Cas is an Eclipsing Binary – a pair of stars that orbit around […]
With the SkyShed POD-S, SkyShed Observatories celebrates its 20th Anniversary announcing a groundbreaking new line of SkyShed POD observatory models and variations of which the highlight is the POD-S, an all-new manual, motorized, ASCOM, and remote control model. The SkyShed POD-S is an 8 foot diameter slotted dome, which can […]
The William Optics Black & White Cat 51 is the latest iteration of the popular William Optics RedCat 51 series. Available as a limited-edition OTA, the Black and White Cat offers all the latest updates of the 51 series. The William Optics Black & White Cat 51 offers a 51mm […]