The Antlia Solar Wedge offers a Herschel Wedge design which replaces the standard prism diagonal at the rear of refractor telescopes to enable imaging of solar granulation and sunspots. The Herschel Wedge design is well known to give sharper, higher-contrast images while transmitting a greatly reduced, safe amount of light […]
The Sharpstar SCA260 is a fast-focal-ratio aspherical Cassegrain astrograph telescope designed with an aspherical mirror which, according to the company, “Entails sophisticated research and development, with the process of producing, manufacturing and testing being more complicated compared with that of an ordinary reflective mirror.” The Sharpstar SCA260 is wrapped with […]
The APM Photo-Visual SD Triplet Apo 180mm telescope is APM’s next entry into the world of really big Apo refractors. This telescope fills the gap between the company’s 152mm Apo and the 203mm Apo. The 180mm SD apochromat includes a large 4″ RAP focuser which facilitates astrophotography at the very […]
The Baader SunDancer II H-alpha Filter (with heated H-alpha Etalon from SolarSpectrum) transforms an existing telescope quickly and easily into a high performing H-alpha telescope. For telescopes up to 80mm aperture, you do not need any further accessories as the Baader SunDancer II H-alpha Filter already includes an achromatic 3x […]
Live astro imaging techniques will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast as the team takes a look at live imaging for outreach and observing applications. Imaging is a powerful way to observe faint and distant objects. In the webcast the Sky-Watcher team takes a look […]
Earlier this year SkiesAway completed its newest remote observatory from its dark sky facility. The observatory complex currently has two a roll-offs. The first one, Falling Eagle Observatory, is based on a Sky-Shed design, is fully remote, and features (Image 1): – 3 Sky-Watcher Esprits (2 Esprit 150s, and a […]
New Astro-Tech focal reducers and field flatteners have been announced by Astronomics. These new reducer/field flatteners are designed for prime focus astrophotography with specific Astro-Tech refractor telescopes. In addition to reducing the focal length of the telescope and thereby increasing the photographic speed, these new Astro-Tech reducer/field flatteners flatten the […]
Tele Vue has announced it is now offering a M54 Camera Adapter for its Tele Vue Imaging System. The M54 thread is becoming popular on full-frame, dedicated astro-imaging cameras and filter wheels/holders. The new M54 camera adapter has male M54 x 0.75mm threads on one side and Tele Vue Imaging […]
The Precise Parts Build-An-Adapter Platform is a one size fits all online astronomy machine shop. For those of you that are not familiar with PreciseParts, owner Ashley Stevens started the company in 2002 in Miami. They specialize in making precision custom adapters and one-of-a-kind telescope accessories. With their online Build-An-Adapter […]
The Pegasus Astro Focus Cube Zero has replaced the company’s FocusCube SCT offering a more advanced unit which allows backlash free movement and a much more responsive motor. With the FocusCube Zero you can focus your Celestron SCT telescope faster, more reliably and accurately. The evolution of technology in astronomy […]
The Pegasus Astro Prodigy Microfocuser is a robust 3-inch robotic focuser which allows you to precisely and remotely control the focus of your telescope setup. Its sturdy mechanical design ensures that Prodigy Microfocuser can lift up to 10Kg (22lb) of equipment, dead accurate and flexure free. The focuser has a […]
The Sky-Watcher EQ8-R/Rh mount will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. The team will take a close up look at its flagship mount. This overview episode will cover the Sky-Watcher EQ8-R/Rh mount’s capabilities, offerings and differences between the two models and what they bring to […]