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 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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 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, […]
Sky-Watcher Dobsonian telescopes will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. Sky-Watcher Dobsonian telescopes blend aperture and affordability into an easy to use package. Sky-Watcher will take a deep dive into the differences and details of every scope in the their telescope lineup. The Sky-Watcher What’s […]
An AstroCAT Imaging Contest has been launched providing a chance to win some unique digital prizes. AstroCAT is the first astrophotographers token on the Chia blockchain. There are 13957 deep-sky objects in the universe as compiled by the latest RNGC/IC astronomical catalog and equal $ASTR tokens minted. Tokens are distributed […]
Astromods is offering custom single row eyepiece boxes. The custom single row eyepiece boxes provide the ability to safely lock/unlock all of your eyepieces in place with the twist of a knob. When locked, eyepieces cannot be shaken from their holes. The Lid folds forwards to form a tray for […]