The Revolution Imager Advanced Camera Imaging kit provides the ability for those who are new to astronomy to view and image Solar system and deep sky objects. As users advance into astro imaging it can continue to serve as a camera guider. The Revolution Imager Advanced Camera Imaging Kit features […]
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E-book Covers Photographing the August Solar Eclipse Without a Telescope
Written for the first-time solar eclipse viewer, the 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse Primer offers topics and tips on viewing and imaging the eclipse without a telescope. The book was written by Anthony Galvan III (Tony) whose photographs and technical illustrations have been published by Astronomy and Sky & Telescope […]
Code Obsession Plugins for FITS, PixInsight and SBIG
Code Obsession Plugins are available as FITS, XISF (PixInsight) and SBIG image plugins for the Acorn image editing software. Code Obsession is the publisher of the Observatory software program which is a full-featured Mac application (Observatory requires macOS 10.11+) for collecting and curating astronomical images. Whether a user is a […]
The Eclipse Safari App is Now Available for the 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse
Eclipse Safari is a comprehensive and interactive guide to the August 21, 2017 Total Solar Eclipse of the Sun, visible along a narrow path spanning the USA from the West coast to the East coast. It’s a free app developed by the makers of the SkySafari 5 astronomy app in […]
SkyWatcher Star Adventurer Mini Mount
The SkyWatcher Star Adventurer Mini (SAM) is a high precision, portable and stable tracking platform for sidereal, solar and lunar tracking with automatic DSLR shutter release control. It is small and light enough to easily fit into a camera bag or backpack, making it an ideal mount for the photographer […]
Jerry Lodriguss Publishes A Beginner’s Guide to Astronomical Image Processing
Jerry Lodriguss’ latest 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 […]
Galileoscope Telescopes & Solar Filters Available for August 2017 Solar Eclipse
To provide an affordable and safe way to view the upcoming August 2017 Solar Eclipse, the Galileoscope project is now offering Galileoscope telescope and optics kits bundled with ISO-certified safe solar filters from Rainbow Symphony. This combination is perfect for individuals, schools, clubs, libraries, museums, planetariums, and science centers. Bundles […]
Sky-Watcher Stargate Dobsonian
The Sky-Watcher Stargate Dobsonian telescopes offer serious aperture for those looking to sail farther into the depths of the cosmos in big deep-sky-gobbling apertures of 18 and 20 inches. For those stepping up from the 12-inch instruments, the 18-inch Stargate captures more than twice the light, and for those graduating […]
Pedaling Astronomer Project Offers Solo Bicycling Journey Across the United States
Astronomy Technology Executive Editor Gary Parkerson is traveling over 10,000 miles and will visit all lower 48 states to generate awareness of amateur astronomy and the viability of cycling for transportation. The Pedaling Astronomer project is an educational effort to generate awareness and to promote: (1) the hobby of amateur […]
Astronomy Products Industry Loses Long Time Technology Innovator Howie Glatter
We are sad to announce that we have lost a long time astro-product innovator and a close friend of those of us in the magazine. We have been fortunate to work with Howie Glatter since the formation of the magazine over 10 years ago and he was always very kind […]
Losmandy G-Series Interchangeable RA and Dec Assemblies
Losmandy G-Series Interchangeable RA and Dec Assemblies Losmandy’s venerable GM8, GM11 and HGM Titan mounts are such mainstays of amateur astronomy, you’d think they would defy fundamental innovation. Nevertheless, the mounts were recently treated to precisely that – indeed, to an enhancement that is so fundamental as to be game-changing. […]
2017 Chiefland Astrofest to Be Held October 22, 2017
One of the best star parties in the country is coming to the Billy Dodd Memorial Field in Chiefland, Florida, October 22 through the 28th. Better yet, there is no charge to attend, but you will need to apply for an admission ticket and free membership by completing a Chiefland […]