It’s been just a little over a year since Orion Telescopes and Binoculars stepped in to acquire Meade Instruments after Meade’s bankruptcy and started to reorganize the company’s operations and product lineup. This relaunch of the company is fitting since 2022 also happens to be the 50th anniversary of Meade […]
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StellaLyra Zoom Eyepiece
The StellaLyra Zoom eyepiece from First Light Optics offers a quality, well-built zoom eyepiece that offers bright high contrast views with excellent field flatness, very little false color and low distortion. Zoom eyepieces have the capability of adjusting their focal length while remaining connected to the telescope. The StellaLyra 8-24mm […]
Long Perng Linear Binoviewer
Based on an innovative optical design, the Long Perng Linear Binoviewer delivers superior optical performance and a comfortable viewing experience. Unlike some other binoviewers, they are parfocal and add no extra optical path length, which means no extra focuser ‘in travel’ is needed when using them in your telescope. They […]
Orion TD Electronic 12V DC Tracking Drive
The new Orion TD Electronic 12V DC Tracking Drive for Orion equatorial mounts will keep your target object centered in the eyepiece for as long as you want to observe it. The TD Electronic Drive provides hands-free, electronic object tracking and installs quickly on an equatorial mount. The drive’s precision […]
Founder Optics Eyepieces
New Founder Optics eyepieces are now available. These include the Alien eyepiece lineup with a 55-degree field of view and the Marvel eyepieces with a 80-degree field of view. Alien Eyepieces The Alien 1.25’’ eyepieces offer a high magnification designed for observing planets, the moon and deep sky use with […]
Vespera Smart Telescope
The Vespera Smart Telescope from Vaonis utilizes the company’s technology developed for its Stellina telescope to create a smart imaging instrument. Vaonis offers a quadruplet 50 mm lens, formed by two groups of two lenses made of lanthanum glass powered by a motorized alt-azimuth mount. Vaonis has equipped this telescope […]
ZWO TC40 Carbon Fiber Tripod
The ZWO TC40 Carbon Fiber Tripod is a lightweight, yet sturdy, carbon fiber tripod created to be used with the ZWO AM5 Equatorial/Alt-Azimuth mount and also does double duty with mounts from other manufacturers. Lightweight design with large load capacity, the ZWO TC40 features great portability with high strength and […]
ZWO ASI461MM Pro
The ZWO ASI461MM Pro camera is a medium format camera that uses the Sony IMX461 sensor to deliver high-quality and crisp images of celestial objects. It has the native 16-bit ADC with 65536 levels, back illuminated structure and high quantum efficiency and great performance in DSO imaging, Milky Way imaging […]
Pegasus Astro NYX-101 Mount
Earlier this year Pegasus Astro announced the development of the Pegasus Astro NYX-101 Mount, a portable EQ/ALT-AZ mount that incorporates high precision strain wave (harmonic) gears. They have recently added much more information about the mount as well as a new Pegasus Carbon Fiber Tripod for the mount and accessories […]
Askar Color Magic 3nm Narrowband Filters
The Askar Color Magic 3nm Narrowband Filters are a new set of astronomy filters from Askar. These dedicated astronomy filters can effectively eliminate the influence from background light and enhance astro images. The new Askar Color Magic 3nm Narrowband Filters include: Askar 3nm SII Filter Askar 3nm SII filter has […]
Founder Optics Bino Scope
The new Founder Optics Bino Scope offers a fully multi-coated premium optics design in a patented built-in binoviewer. Offered in two configurations, the BOS80 and BOS72, the bino scopes offer Ohara S-FPL-53 Ed Lens with almost zero aberration and distortion to offer a sharp image. The BOS80 features an 80mm […]
Artesky Twist Lock Adapter
The new Artesky Twist Lock Adapter offers an enhanced and faster locking system for Sky-Watcher Newtonians. It also will help improve the precision of your camera and coma corrector system This locking system, when compared to a classic 2 “eyepiece holder with screw closure, allows better tightening and eliminates any […]