On April 3rd, 4th and 5th Woodland Hills Camera and Telescopes will offer a free online lecture series featuring Tim Russ, Christopher Go, Adam Block and Richard Wright. The event will be live on the Woodland Hills’ YouTube channel starting at 12:30pm on Friday, April 3. This is your chance to […]
The nPAE 6061 Turret is nPAE’s mid-range eyepiece turret. Set up your eyepieces, cameras, spectrometers, etc. when you first start your nights’ viewings then all you need to do is spin the turret and you can quickly switch between them. The company has announced it has upgraded its proprietary Maia […]
There is no more fertile area for the emerging field of Citizen Scientists than amateur astronomy. For many years groups like the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) have supported the professional astronomy community as the group notes, “Professional astronomers have neither the time nor the telescopes needed to […]
Stuck at home looking for something to do? Want to learn about the latest in astronomy equipment, techniques and more? Well Sky-Watcher’s new “What’s Up?” Webcast is a new option to learn more about what’s happening in the world of telescope technology. What’s Up? is a live webcast held every […]
The newest camera line in the Atik portfolio is the ACIS – Advanced CMOS Imaging Systems – which follows on the success of ATIK’s CMOS Horizon cameras. The first camera offered in the ACIS CMOS line is ACIS 7.1 which is Atik’s fastest camera ever with a capability of a […]
In December 2019, Atik Camera’s announced the introduction of the Atik Horizon II, which is the follow up to the company’s first ever CMOS Camera. The company has announced the camera is now available to purchase in mono and color models. With extensive experience in both hardware and software design, […]
Astroimager Kfir Simon has started a new service – Image Processing Services (IPS) – to help fellow astroimagers get the most out of their images. The offerings include working directly with clients to process specific images, offering one-on-one tutorials on astroimaging techniques/software and series of online how-to videos. Pricing is […]
The amateur astronomy community has a new resource for “simple and practical” items. Joel Short, an astroimaging enthusiast located in Northern Indiana, has decided to open a small shop to make available items he has developed to offer affordable and uncomplicated accessories. As Short commented, “These are simple and practical […]
While Astro-Physics is well known for its incredibly built mounts and telescopes, the company also offers a number of accessories built with the same dedication to quality. This includes adapters for SLR cameras. Astro-Physics now offers several different camera adapters for use with a number of camera manufacturers in combination […]
Clearline Technology Corporation uses modern materials, components, and processes to create replacement parts for the venerable Meade Instruments LX-200 telescope. Among its current lineup are the Motor Encoder Board – LX200 Classic/LXD650/LXD750; Calibration Tool for LX200 Motor Encoder Board; and a Boot-Up Emulator for the Meade LX200 Hand Controller. They […]
In mid-July, Montana’s awe-inspiring night sky will be center stage at the Montana Learning Center’s inaugural Big Sky Star Festival. The two-night and three-day event, this coming July 17, 18 and 19, will be held at the Montana Learning Center’s campus at Canyon Ferry Lake, near Helena, Montana. Astronomy experts […]
![Celestron Telescope Founder Tom Johnson (left), is pictured with Johnson’s fork mounted 18.75 Dall-Kirkham Cassegrain telescope in 1962. As for the fork mount that defined Celestron’s early Schmidt-Cassegrains, Johnson describes it as based upon that of this telescope that was the subject of the cover story for the March 1963 issue of Sky & Telescope. “My idea of a fork mount was to make it portable like the 18-inch in the article in Sky & Tel. It had to have a folded optical path. That unit [the Cassegrain featured in Sky & Telescope] was a Dall-Kirkham Cassegrain.”](https://astronomytechnologytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image005-322x212.gif)
Back in 2010 Gary Leonard Cameron published his PhD dissertation at Iowa State University. While typically most PhD Dissertations wouldn’t be the subject of an astronomy products news website, when we came across the document we were amazed at the detailed history provided and how the document is something that […]