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 […]
Astro-Smart is offering custom Tri-Bahtinov Masks made to order. The company offers a variety of optical masks including Tri-Bahtinov which can be made to order for focusing and collimation of refractors and SCTs. Sizes are available from 4-inch to 16-inch apertures. As the Astro-Smart team notes about the custom Tri-Bahtinov […]
The creators of the MOAP telescope piers has developed a new publication, “Telescope Piers: High Performance DIY Piers and Foundations” which is now available as an e-book. The Telescope Piers book was created on the author’s experience with over 550 building projects across four continents. It is more specifically based […]
The CCD Guide 2022 is now available. Every year since 1997, the Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Salzkammergut astronomy club in Austria has published the CCD-Guide in DVD format, which assists astrophotographers in planning their imaging projects. Besides a huge number of reference images, the CCD-Guide contains software to find images, to view […]
The creator of the HNSKY planetarium program has announced the platform has been compiled and released as a beta version for the macOS operating system. Previously available only for MS-Windows and Linux, the HNSKY planetarium program can control your telescope via the ASCOM or INDI interface, has a comprehensive and […]
The new iOptron iCam family of astronomical imaging cameras consist of two color and one monochrome model using Sony IM X sensors. The iCams deliver high sensitivity with low read out noise and each version utilizes a unique DPS (dead pixel suppression) technology and HCG ( high conversion gain) mode […]
The Astrocartica Interstellar Chart is a new astronomy tool offered by Astrocartics Lab, the brainchild of Kevin Wall who hopes to bring new and unique styles of mapping to the cartography of outer space. “Astrocartics” is a word that he created to refer to maps of objects in 3D outer […]