The AAVSO 111th Annual Meeting will be held at The Omni Tucson National Resort in Tucson, Arizona November 4 – 8, 2022. The organization has announced a call for abstracts and presentations for the meeting. Those interested in giving an oral presentation or present an online poster at the meeting […]
Orion Telescopes and Binoculars has released two Orion f/8 Truss Tube Ritchey-Chrétien Astrographs offering observatory-class telescopes for astrophotography enthusiasts. The new telescopes are offered in 14” and 16” options. As the Orion team notes, “The telescopes feature premium quartz mirror optics housed in an ingenious truss tube support structure originally […]
Deep Space Products has introduced its newest Mission Control computer, the Mission Control MC85 Observatory Computers. As Edward Thomas, owner of Deep Space Products notes, “The MC85 is a true, fanless industrial computer built to withstand harsh environments, including high heat and low cold temperatures. Don’t confuse this type of computer with […]
The new StellaLyra UWA and WA eyepieces are part of the StellaLyra line of astronomy products which are a house brand offered by First Light Optics and the eyepieces are designed and manufactured by Long Perng in Taiwan. The StellaLyra 68º long eye-relief, wide-angle eyepieces offer an 8 element/6 group […]
The Sky-Watcher Quattro 150P f/4 Imaging Newtonian with Aplanatic Super Coma Corrector offers a fast f/4 focal ratio which has been specially designed for high quality astrophotography with short exposure times. It also does double duty as a fine telescope for visual observations. It is supplied complete with its own […]
Astrodevice Camera Adapters for RASA 8 offer two new adapters to attach cameras to the Celestron RASA 8 telescope: the Canon with EOS-R mount (such as the Canon Ra) and Sony with E-mount (such as the Sony A7-III). The adapters are made with the 3D printing technique using PET-G reinforced […]
The wifi-Aline from Rigel Systems enhances the accurate collimation of Dobsonian and Newtonian telescopes by sending a real-time video stream of the telescope optics wirelessly to a tablet, phone or computer’s display. Rigel Systems has announced that the wifi-Aline now comes with an adjustable length focuser extension tube (to assist […]
The Askar 130PHQ is the new and larger version of the Askar 107PHQ telescope. The air spaced triplet objective lens includes two ED elements for outstanding color correction. The 107PHQ gives excellent overall performance and is a fine choice for anyone wanting a versatile, high-quality astrograph that is ideal for […]
Astrospheric has announce the availability of Astrospheric Data APIs to allow programmatic access to the weather models and astro-variables used on the company’s service. As the Astrospheric publisher’s note, “We’ve been surprised (and excited) that a the Astrospheric Data APIs has been one of the most requested features from our […]
The CCDciel image capture software is available free for the imaging amateur astronomer community. The latest version now offers an internal guider. The guider is standard a multi-star guider. Star selection is fully automatic and guiding will recover automatically if a cloud temporary blocks the sky. The guider image is […]
The Explore Scientific PMC-Eight System Software V1.2 has been released by the Explore Scientific team. This latest version of the ASCOM Driver for all PMC-Eight mounts offers a number of new updates, features and functions. The PMC-Eight mount control system offers a unique level of GoTo technology by utilizing a […]
With the included Wi-Fi adapter and the SynScan Pro app (available for free through the Apple and Google Play stores) even an inexperienced astronomer can master the new Sky-Watcher EQ6-Ri Pro WiFi Computerized Equatorial Mount through its variety of features in a few observing sessions. With a weight capacity of […]