Vātes-Astrographs are an intial offering from NAURIS, a new telescope company based in Germany. According to NAURIS, the idea behind the telescopes was to create a concept that incorporated designs meant to compliment the rapid development and performance that cameras equipped with CMOS sensors have undergone in recent years. The […]
The ASCOM Initiative Alpaca Workbench for Raspberry Pi has been released for the amateur astronomy industry. If you are interested in just learning about Alpaca, or developing apps/drivers that use Alpaca, and if you have a Raspberry Pi 32- or 64-bit with Bulldog OS (Buster 32 is OK too), this […]
The AAVSO is hosting a Winter Imaging Challenge of NGC 457, The Owl/ET Cluster and inviting all amateur astronomers interested in helping make a contribution to science to participate through the photometry project. About the Project V765 Cas is an Eclipsing Binary – a pair of stars that orbit around […]
With the SkyShed POD-S, SkyShed Observatories celebrates its 20th Anniversary announcing a groundbreaking new line of SkyShed POD observatory models and variations of which the highlight is the POD-S, an all-new manual, motorized, ASCOM, and remote control model. The SkyShed POD-S is an 8 foot diameter slotted dome, which can […]
The William Optics Black & White Cat 51 is the latest iteration of the popular William Optics RedCat 51 series. Available as a limited-edition OTA, the Black and White Cat offers all the latest updates of the 51 series. The William Optics Black & White Cat 51 offers a 51mm […]
The Radian 75MM Petzval Refractor telescope is designed for imaging and is offered in a sleek flat black design with thin multi-point mounting rings. It comes with Vixen and Losmandy dovetails to ensure universal attachment to any mount and the filter vault has 2” threads for easy placement of filters. […]
With the Orion EQ-26 Motorized Equatorial Telescope Mount and Tripod you can upgrade your equatorial mount to one that is fully motorized for tracking, slewing, and precision centering of celestial objects you want to view. The Orion EQ-26 Motorized Equatorial Mount and Tripod supports up to 26 lbs. of telescope […]
The SVBONY SV705C planetary camera utilizes the Sony IMX585 CMOS color sensor. It features a large sensor format of 1/1.2”, a pixel size of 2.9μm*2.9μm, a high resolution of 8.30MP. (3586*2180) and captures light at a wavelength of 850nm. It also increases the sensitivity by approximately 1.7 times compared to […]
The new SVBONY SV605CC Camera is a 1-inch color deep space camera with 3.76um pixel size, high resolution and 80%+quantum efficiency. The SV605CC utilizes the SONY IMS533 CMOS sensor which incorporates a 14 bit A/D converter. The 14-bit digital output makes it possible to readout the signals of 9.07M effective […]
The ZWO AM5 mount is a new, ultra-portable telescope mount utilizing harmonic drive technology. The mount can carry 13 kg (28 lbs) without counterweights with a guiding accuracy (0.5 – 0.8″ arcseconds) and low periodic error. The mount head weighs 5 kg (11 lbs) and its payload can be increased […]
The Pegasus Astro Indigo Off Axis Guider is a thin yet solidly designed OAG which can easily be utilized with the Pegasus Astro Indigo Filter Wheel. The main advantage having an OAG is that it used the same optical path with your main imaging camera. This avoids any issue with […]
The new SVBONY MK105 telescope is a Maksutov-Cassegrain design which exchanges the conventional front corrector plate of a Schmidt–Cassegrain with a convex meniscus lens, resulting in a smaller secondary mirror that limits obstruction and increases contrast, while eliminating the need for periodic collimation. The focal ratio of the SVBONY MK105 […]