The 2021 AAVSO Annual Meeting will be held in person from November 5–7 in Somerville, MA, and will include AAVSO observers and other citizen scientists presenting both in person and remotely. The meeting includes keynote speakers, presentations by professional and amateur astronomers, an opening reception and banquet. The event will […]
Backyard observatories and what it takes to build one will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. For many astronomers owning their own observatory is a dream come true. Before diving into such a project there are a few things to consider. The Sky-Watcher team will […]
The PlaneWave 14-inch DeltaRho 350 Cassegrain Reflector Telescope is designed for unsurpassed wide-field imaging and ease of use in the field. The PlaneWave 14-inch DeltaRho 350 is a widefield astrograph designed for astrophotography, research surveys, and space domain awareness applications where large fields of view are required. With 1,050mm of […]
The Orion 10″ f/4 Newtonian Reflector Astrograph offers an affordable, fast astrograph with immense light-gathering ability. The telescope offers a 250mm (9.8″) parabolic primary mirror which is made of low-thermal-expansion BK7 glass. The 1,000mm focal length is ideal for framing a wide variety of celestial targets. The enhanced aluminum mirror […]
The Orion 8″ f/4 Newtonian Reflector Astrograph was designed for affordable wide field, deep-space imaging performance. It offers 8″ aperture and a fast f/4.0 focal ratio which allows the capture of faint galaxies and nebulas with short photographic exposure times. The Orion 8″ f/4.0 Newtonian Reflector Astrograph is perfect for […]
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 […]