Everyone loves astronomy. The planets and the stars fill us with wonder and awe. But under the light-polluted skies of major cities, few people know how to connect with the night sky and explore their own universe. That’s all changing with southern California’s newest and only astronomy events company, SkiesAway. […]
SpaceFab is a space startup company working on space telescope satellites, asteroid mining and space manufacturing. The company plans to launch its first space telescope in late 2022. Their satellite, called the Viewpoint space telescope, will be available to the public to take astronomical or Earth observation pictures, making it […]
The Good To Stargaze app is an iOS and Android app that helps you plan your observing sessions and find dark sky locations. The Good To Stargaze app provides detailed hour-by-hour forecasts of atmospheric conditions for any location on the planet, including cloud cover, visibility, seeing, transparency, and light pollution, […]
Simulation Curriculum announced Version 6 of SkySafari Pro for iOS and iPhone X. Here’s what’s new: Clouds and Astronomy Two words that rarely go together. Rewritten from the ground up, SkySafari 6 Pro will (optionally) back up all of your observing data to SkySafari’s secure cloud storage and make it […]
The publishers of the Astro Photography Tool recently announced the availability of APT 3.40 offering new support for Nikon cameras, as well as providing a host of new features for Canon EOS, CCDs, plus general fixes to the program. In addition to improving the program itself, the publishers have also […]
APM Telescopes recently completed initial work on the optical set of what might be the largest true Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope ever attempted, a 20-inch f/8 monster of a Mak-Cass! The mirrors are made from Astro-Sital, and the optical elements are now undergoing broadband multicoating. Optics are by Sankovitsch, in Russia, while […]
The Cosmic Watch app for iOS and Android are two apps in one: a world clock and an astronomical clock. The celestial watch is based on a beautifully designed three-dimensional model of the solar system as experienced from earth. It shows time as what it really is – our position […]
Deep Space Products’ small electronic relay switch is designed specifically for remotely turning a 10Micron mounts on and off. The switch requires a 12-volt AC/DC power supply (low-amp is fine) and a remote-controlled AC power source. A remote-controlled 12-volt DC power source (such as a RIGrunner 4005) can also be […]
Farpoint Astro has redesigned its 2-inch Cheshire Autocollimator with the goal of producing the finest Autocollimator available. The all-new model is precision crafted from sturdy machined, anodized aluminum and includes a rubber dust cap. Successful use of this device requires that the reflector telescope to be adjusted has been previously […]
Jerry Lodriguss’ book, A Beginner’s Guide to Astronomical Image Processing, will teach you how to process your long-exposure deep-sky images to produce beautiful results. Taking the image is just the first half of the job. Processing the image is the other half. Jerry’s latest book is written in HTML5 with […]
Meade’s Coronado SolarMax III Solar Telescope is a 70-mm f/5.7 refractor equipped with 60-mm external hydrogen-alpha (H-α) filters. The solar scope is available in both single-stacked (<0.7Å) and double-stacked (<0.5Å) bandpasses and either 10-mm or 15-mm blocking filters. What makes the Coronado SolarMax III standout? The SMIII 70-mm has a […]
Orion Dielectric Twist-Tight Mirror Telescope Diagonals Orion has given its dielectric mirror diagonals a new twist – literally! With their twist-tight clamping mechanism, Orion Dielectric Twist-Tight Mirror Star Diagonals are a significant upgrade from typical thumbscrew-equipped diagonals. A simple clockwise twist of the knurled red-aluminum collar precisely centers any inserted […]