Remote Telescope Hosting Services from Deep Space Products will be providing remote telescope hosting services at Astronomer’s Paradise in southwestern New Mexico beginning November 2021. Deep Space Products’ Edward Thomas explains, “Southern New Mexico has some of the greatest density of private observatories and observatory facilities anywhere in the US […]
Simulation Curriculum, the publishers of SkySafari, have announced that SkySafari 7 is currently in beta testing prior to general release. In this latest version they have implemented support for ASCOM Alpaca and INDI and are looking for experienced Alpaca and INDI users to test this functionality in iOS. If you […]
APQ JENA has announced a new series of Fluorite Quadruplet Polychromatic Refractors offering an objective that can utilize the full UBVRI spectral range (365nm – 1014nm) of modern electronic sensors (CCD, CMOS). The new Polychromatic Refractors will be offered in an aperture range from 100mm to 250mm and include special […]
Stellarium planetarium software is an open-source application which renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time displaying stars, constellations, planets, nebulae and more. Stellarium is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and is available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Stellarium provides a real-time view of […]
The Player One Apollo Solar Camera series is a new camera line designed specifically for solar imaging. The Apollo series features Sony monochrome sensors with global shutters. There are three different models of the Apollo cameras: Apollo-M MAX (Sony IMX432), 1.1 inch sensor, monochrome; Apollo-M MINI (Sony IMX429), 2/3 inch […]
Hungary based Fornax Mounts is hosting a new astrophotography competition. The competition in presented in three categories. To enter you can register on the Fornax website and upload your work. If you would like to share your astrophotos on social media sites, you can use the #FornaxMountsCompetition and #Letsmovewiththeuniverse hashtags. […]
The new Astro-Tech XWA eyepieces are offered in five different focal lengths and two different apparent fields of view. The 4.8mm is offered in a 110° apparent field of view and the 7mm, 9mm, 13mm and 20mm are offered in a 100° apparent field of view. The eyepieces offer an […]
A new update to Software Bisque’s TheSky software includes upgraded support for the Gaia Star Catalog. The European Space Agency’s over seven year and counting Gaia satellite observation mission is producing the largest and most accurate star catalog on record, with precision astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic measurements on, at present, almost 1.7 billion stars. […]
The Orion StarShoot Mini 2mp AutoGuider Camera is an autoguider and imager that uses the Sony IMX 290 monochrome sensor featuring a 12-bit image and 2.9 micron pixels. With a quantum efficiency of around 80%, stars will be visible in any area of the sky you point your guidescope to […]
The New Astro-Tech UWA 82° eyepieces from Astronomics offer an 82° apparent field of view and are available in six different sizes. The eyepieces offer a seven element/four group design featuring low dispersion and high refractive index lenses and full multicoatings for high contrast, high resolution, and flat field images […]
Software Bisque will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast as the Sky-Watcher team will sit down with the President of Software Bisque, Stephen Bisque. Software Bisque is known around the world for their robotic telescope mounts and control software – The Sky. Stephen Bisque, President […]
New Astro-Tech PF Eyepieces have been announced by Astronomics. The new line of eyepieces are offered in five different focal lengths and offer 60° or 65° apparent field of views. This series of eyepiece is designed to have an inherently flat field, so it will excel at wide field observation. […]