The ZWO ASI678MC camera is a camera which adopts Sony’s latest generation sensor IMX678 with excellent near infrared response. With the advantages of large full well capacity, high dynamic range and low readout noise, this color camera has been tested and found to have perfect performance in planetary imaging, solar […]
The ZWO ASI585MC camera adopts the Sony IMX585 CMOS sensor with STARVIS 2 technology. As one of ZWO’s latest OSC planetary cameras, it features a large sensor format of 1/1.2″, a high resolution of 3840×2160, and zero amp glow. The pixel size is 2.9umx2.9um. In 12-bit mode, it produces 46.9 […]
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 practical items that I have found to be essential for amateur astronomers.” New products now available from […]
The Luminos Pro app available on iOS. It offers an all-in-one mobile astronomy app, with a wide range of features for star gazing, observing with a telescope, and exploring the galaxy in 3D. Luminos Pro has vast databases of nearly every type of object and uses them to give custom […]
Should you choose a refractor or reflector telescope. It sounds like such an easy question, but there is a world of difference between a refractor or reflector telescope. Fortunately, the differences and advantages of a refractor or reflector telescope and much more will be the subject this week on the […]
The new Astro-Physics 110mm f6 StarFire GTX is the ultimate dual-purpose portable refractor. As the Astro-Physics team notes, “The design goal was three-fold: 1) a compact refractor with as much aperture as possible that would fit into an airline overhead case, 2) a fast, highly-corrected triplet refractor that can cover […]
The amateur astronomy community has lost one of its most accomplished members as Tele Vue has announced the passing of Paul Dellechiaie. Paul was a 37 year veteran of working with Tele Vue and the designer of many of their eyepieces. David Nagler, President of Tele Vue Optics, provided this […]
Alcor-System has optically designed, developed and manufactured a 4’’ field corrector for Newtonian telescopes (or for parabolic mirrors). It uses special glass to get the best performance for 300 mm to 700 mm diameter telescope with low f rations (down to f/2.8). This corrector can offer a 36×36 mm corrected field […]
The ZWOASI662MC camera adopts the Sony IMX662 sensor with the latest technology. Compared to the previous generation of sensors, it has very low readout noises and an extreme large full well capacity which is 3 times larger than that of Sony IMX462 sensor. This helps effectively avoid overexposure issues and […]
The ZWO ASI432MM camera is a mono camera that uses a Sony-IMX432 global shutter CMOS sensor. Its frame size is 1.1″, with large 9.0µm pixels, 1.77 million pixels (1608×1104). In ADC 12-bit mode, it can output 120 frames per second at full resolution and has a read out noise level […]
Filter drawers for ZWO ASI cameras are now available from Astrodevice. The filter drawers are designed to be mounted on ZWO ASI cameras with 17.5mm backfocus to the Celestron RASA 8 telescope and can also be used with other telescopes as explained on the company’s website. Depending on the type […]
The new Orion StarShoot Mini 2mp Mono Autoguider and 32mm Mini Guide Scope package weighs in at only 11 oz. and just 5.7″ long, a perfect package for accurate guiding of any relatively short focal length optically fast imaging telescope. The Orion 32mm Mini Guide Scope features a 32mm doublet […]