With the new Explore Scientific Sun Catcher Solar Eclipse Glasses you can be ready for the annular solar eclipse on October 14th, 2023 and the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse. As many people learned, in the weeks approaching the 2017 total solar eclipse, solar safe glasses were in short […]
Explore Scientific has reached an agreement to become a non-exclusive distributor for Unistellar digital smart telescopes and related accessories. With their proprietary live light accumulation technology and autonomous field detection capability that makes it easy to identify and track observing targets, Unistellar’s smart eVscopes, the eQuinox and the eVscope 2, […]
Deep Space Products started providing remote telescope hosting services at Astronomer’s Paradise in southwestern New Mexico in the fall of November 2021. They now are offering mount and/or scope discount packages for those who want to purchase new gear for their remote setup. Deep Space Products’ Edward Thomas explains, “Southern New […]
Rigel Systems Unobtainium Adapters are, as they note, “Our selection of hard-to-find telescope adapters.” Unobtainium is jargon for a type of material or substance that would be perfect for specific purposes, if it only existed. While Rigel Systems is perhaps best known for their nFOCUS motor focus controller, wifi-nFOCUS focuser […]
nPAE has announced the upcoming availability of its new nPAE 6 x 2-inch Eyepiece Turret. The turret incorporates aircraft design engineering with 5 axis CNC machining. Made from 6083 aluminum, the turret offers high tensile strength, high durability, anti-corrosion, dimensional accuracy and fine surface finish. The interlocking bezel halves allow […]
AstroHopper (formerly known as skyhopper) is a free and open source progressive web application developed Artyom Beilis a software developer and amateur astronomer based in Israel. The application helps users find objects across the night sky. Simply attach a smartphone to a telescope and the setup becomes a “push to” system. The […]
The ZWO ASI2400MC Pro is a CMOS camera which utilizes the Sony IMX410 sensor. The ZWO ASI2400MC Pro incorporates the IMX410 full-frame format, a width of 36mm * 24mm and a diagonal of 43.3mm. Currently it is available in a one-shot color (OSC) version. As the ZWO team notes, “OSC […]
Galactic Stone & Ironwork has announced that it has a large supply of meteorites available for the holiday season. As owner Mike Gilmer notes, “This is the largest offering of new specimens that I have offered in many years which has meteorites, fossils, minerals, and everything in between. However, despite […]
New Buckeyestargazer Shop accessories are available including a William Optics RedCat 51 ZWO EAF Mount Bracket. Joel Short, an astroimaging enthusiast located in Northern Indiana, opened the Buckeyestargazer Shop to make available items he has developed to offer affordable and uncomplicated accessories. As Short comments, “These are simple and practical […]
You might be surprised that you can purchase very high performing astrophotography systems under $2,000. We are talking systems that perform as well as those as recent as 15 years ago that were $1,000’s more. You can thank in part the CMOS camera technology explosion. Compared to the cost of […]
The iOptron HEM15 Mount with iPolar is the latest addition to iOptron’s HEM hybrid strain wave drive mounts. This mount offers among the most light weight mount to payload ratio available. With a mount head weighing 5.5lbs, the iOptron HEM15 Mount can carry a 15 lbs payload without needing a […]
The iOptron HAZ Mounts have been added to the into iOptron strain wave gear mount family. The iOptron HAZ31 and HAZ46 offer a very light weight and compact Alt/Az mounting opportunity in a medium payload. The HAZ31 mount has a mount head weighing in at 8.2 lbs and offers a […]