Astromods is now offering eyepiece eyecups to provide a more comfortable and enjoyable viewing experience. Eyecups are available for mono-viewing and bino-viewing. As the team at Astromods notes, “Too many eyepieces have poor-fitting, poorly placed eyecups, despite otherwise excellent optical qualities. The connection between an observer and their instrument is […]
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Omegon MiniTrack LX Quattro NS
The new Omegon MiniTrack LX Quattro NS is a fully mechanical travel mount (also known as an astrotracker) for astrophotography. You can use it to mount cameras and produce images of the night sky as your setup follows the movement of the stars over a one hour period. The Omegon […]
Tecnosky Owl
The Tecnosky Owl is a line of telescopes from the Italian company, Tecnosky. The company started producing their-brand of triplet apochromats known as “OWL” in 2021. The first model in the series was the OWL 80/480 apochromat, which was released in spring 2021. The OWL 90/560 was then introduced followed […]
Omegon Pro Kolossus Binocular Mount
The new Omegon Pro Kolossus Binocular Mount was specially created for large binoculars. Normal tripods are not designed for large binoculars and are often too unstable, too low and the view remains uncomfortable as you often need to position yourself awkwardly until you can see an object. The Omegon Pro […]
Astrospheric Star Party and Astronomy Event Subscriptions
Astrospheric is offering an opportunity for those holding large astronomy events – free Astrospheric subscriptions for all event participants. This will give participants the most advanced weather tools and professional data sets, a great way to stay in touch during the event. Organizers and participants will gain access to Astrospheric […]
Amateur Astronomy Spectroscopy
Amateur astronomy spectroscopy will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. During the webcast the Sky-Watcher USA team will discuss amateur astronomy spectroscopy with Tom Fields of RSPEC Real Time Spectroscopy. Fields is the mind behind RSpec, an amazing software that allows astronomers to easily analyze […]
Sky-Watcher Imaging
Sky-Watcher imaging and the power needed to do so will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. During the webcast the Sky-Watcher USA team will discuss best practices for powering a modern day imaging system. Powering your equipment is extremely important especially in this modern age […]
Orion EON 70mm ED Quadruplet Astrograph
The new Orion EON 70mm ED Quadruplet Astrograph offers a focal length of 350mm at f/5. And with Hoya FCD-100 ED glass, your photographs will look stunning – with high contrast, excellent color correction, and a beautifully flat field of view. The 70mm EON Quad features a four element optical […]
Orion EON 80 ED Apochromatic Refractor
The new Orion EON 80 ED Apochromatic Refractor offers amazing optics and high quality modern machining and features, all for a very affordable price. The refractor builds on Orion’s ED80 doublet, which has been in their lineup for the past two decades. But, as the Orion team notes, “That 5-star […]
Orion GiantView ED 20×100 Waterproof Astronomy Binoculars
Orion Telescopes and Binoculars has introduced the Orion GiantView ED 20×100 Waterproof Astronomy Binoculars. According to the Orion team, “Based on the popularity and success of our smaller 80mm ED GiantView binoculars, we wanted to develop something even larger and more impressive. The Orion GiantView ED 20×100 Waterproof Astronomy Binoculars […]
Orion GiantView BT-120 90° Binocular
The Orion GiantView BT-120 90° Binocular Telescope is the company’s largest binocular to date, and delivers an incredibly bright image and immersive field of view. Using two eyes instead of one eye provides a much more natural observing experience, and with the large 120mm aperture, these binoculars gather 44% more […]
Tele Vue
Tele Vue recently announced a number of product anniversaries, providing a glimpse all the way back the mid 70’s. Here is a rundown of those products. 1977 Tele Vue built and sold a 6.1″ aperture, 279mm focal length, f/1.8 objective way as well as a 5.2″ aperture, 343mm focal length, […]