Buying an astronomy camera and matching your camera to your optical system will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. The Sky-Watcher team will take a deep dive the decision making process of matching your camera to your telescope and local seeing can ensure you obtain […]
Explore Scientific has announced its Explore Scientific iEXOS-100-2 PMC-Eight now is available with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It now offers a complete computerized Wi-Fi , Bluetooth or wired GOTO Equatorial Tracker with integrated PMC-Eight electronics suitable for attaching small telescopes or DSLR cameras attached to a standard “Vixen Style” dovetail plate. It can be used with […]
Universal Astro Astronomy represents a broad line of accessories offered by OPT. These include such products as Digital Calipers, Laser Pointers. Ball Heads, AC Adaptors, Telescope Maintenance and Cleaning products, Soft Cases, Brackets and Clamps and more. Several new products have been added to their product lineup. The Universal Astro […]
PrimaLuceLab has introduced new adapters to add to the functionality of its ARCO 3″ Camera Rotator and Field De-rotator and the ESATTO 3” Robotic Microfocuser. The new M65x1 adapter for the ARCO 3″ allows you to connect the rotator to focusers or correctors that come with 65×1 female thread and […]
The StarTools 8 release offers the latest version of the StarTools image processing engine for astrophotography that tracks your signal and its noise component as you process. StarTools monitors your signal and its noise component, per-pixel, throughout your processing time offering excellent image quality and unique functionality. StarTools 8 offers […]
The Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 mount will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. The Sky-Watcher team will take a deep dive into the Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 mount blends the convenience of an AZ mount with the imaging capabilities of an EQ mount. The AZ-EQ6 is a ultimate multi-role […]
Michigan based Carbon Scope Tubes is making available limited run of replacement carbon tubes for Celestron C-14 SCTs. These tubes are the exact same size as the original tube and are pre-drilled for easy installation and fit the orange, black, and grey series of Celestron telescopes scopes. These replacement tubes […]
The AS Research Telrad Heater is available from the Apache-Sitgreaves Research Center. The slim-line Telrad heater is uniquely designed to gently warm the window of a Telrad unity gain finder. The sleek fitting Telrad Heater offers easy installation – just 30 seconds to place the cable clip under one screw […]
Sky-Intella-Blu is a wireless Bluetooth adapter for the Orion Intelliscope to interface with SkySafari on an Android tablet or smart phone to provide rapid targeting on the fly. As the creator notes, “Exploring the universe with a computerized “push to” telescope is just a whole lot cooler with this!” The […]
The publisher of the Luminos 9 App has announced that the app will be discontinued in January 2023. The company will continue to produce Luminos Pro. Luminos 9 will continue to be updated for the next year, including ensuring that it’s compatible with iOS 16. Compatibility with iOS 17 and […]
The SkyEye2 All-Sky Camera is the latest version of Interactive Astronomy’s all-sky camera that records high quality images and creates time-lapse videos of the night sky. Exposure times are user adjustable from 1 second to 60 seconds or can be placed in automatic mode. Dark frame calibration is available for […]
Chiricahua Sky Village is a new observing complex in the planning stages in southern Arizona. It is the brainchild of a group of amateur astronomers in the Pacific Northwest who, three years ago, established a 30-acre dark sky site in eastern Washington known as the Goldendale Sky Village. As the […]