Author: Stuart Parkerson

Example of a GEM-style equatorial mount made from two D11 drive units, counterweight plate, plus mounting hardware.
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Xerxes Scientific Telescope Mounts

Xerxes Scientific is a new company that was created to offer semi-custom telescope mounts and control systems for astronomical imaging. Their initial products are D11 and D21 direct drive modules which are part of their modular telescope mount system, which can either be incorporated into custom telescope mounts or be […]

Orion Ritchey-Chrétien Astrograph Truss Tube Telescopes
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Orion Ritchey-Chrétien Astrograph Truss Tube Telescopes

Orion‘s 10″ and 12” f/8 Orion Ritchey-Chrétien Astrograph Truss Tube Telescopes feature premium quartz mirror optics in its hyperbolic primary and secondary to achieve flat images that are virtually free of chromatic aberration, for true-color performance. Each of the Orion Ritchey-Chrétien Astrograph Truss Tube Telescopes primary mirror and the secondary […]

Sky-Watcher USA Introduces 20th Anniversary Limited Edition Telescope Astro Imaging Packages
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Sky-Watcher USA Introduces 20th Anniversary Limited Edition Telescope Astro Imaging Packages

Sky-Watcher is celebrating its 20th Anniversary and to help recognize the occasion the company is working with Starlight Xpress to offer limited-edition astrograph imaging packages. Sky-Watcher is matching its line of astrographs with the Starlight Xpress Trius SX-42 camera – virtually eliminating all of the headaches associated with configuring an […]

Explore Scientific iEXOS-100 PMC-Eight Equatorial Tracker System
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Explore Scientific iEXOS-100 PMC-Eight Equatorial Tracker System

Explore Scientific has released its new Explore Scientific iEXOS-100 PMC-Eight which offers a complete computerized Wi-Fi or wired GOTO Equatorial Tracker with integrated PMC-Eight electronics suitable for attaching small telescopes or DSLR cameras attached to a standard “Vixen Style” dovetail plate. It can be used with the Explore Scientific’s free […]

Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Salzkammergut Astronomy Club Releases CCD-Guide 2019 for Planning Astro Imaging Projects
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Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Salzkammergut Astronomy Club Releases CCD-Guide 2019 for Planning Astro Imaging Projects

Every year since 1997, the Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Salzkammergut astronomy club in Austria has published the CCD-Guide in DVD format, 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 obtain all necessary data. […]