Dynamic Escapes will be hosting a 2023 Tanzania Astronomy Trip to view the Perseid Meteor Shower and Serengeti’s Great Migration. Dynamic Escapes has planned a small group trip (max 12 plus trip leader and guides) to Tanzania in August of 2023, timed to match the Perseid meteor shower and new […]
If you’re ready to take the next step up from a small refractor, or if you want your first telescope to have more light-gathering power than the typical starter telescope offers, then the Orion AstroView 6 Equatorial Reflector Telescope is a nice choice. It’s hard to beat this 6″ aperture […]
How to ‘Count’ Sunspot Activity is the topic of an upcoming webinar hosted by the AAVSO on Aug 6, 2022 6:00 PM UTC. The closest variable star, our sun, has begun to awaken from solar minimum, presenting observers with an ever-changing constellation of sunspots and other features. Following up on […]
Moravian Instruments C1× cameras employ the same sensors as the company’s C3 series offering the latest generation of Sony APS and Full-Frame (24 × 36 mm) CMOS sensors that deliver exceptional quantum efficiency thanks to back-illuminated design and very low dark current. The C1× camera line includes the C1×26000 and C1×61000 cameras. Despite relatively small pixels, full-well capacity exceeds […]
The Orion EQ-13 Equatorial Telescope Mount and Tripod is a great fit in both terms of stability and the ease of manually tracking celestial objects as they move across the sky. The EQ-13 supports up to 13 lbs. of telescope payload, so it works well for small to medium-sized reflector, […]
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 […]