Stellarium planetarium software is an open-source application which renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time displaying stars, constellations, planets, nebulae and more. Stellarium is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and is available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Stellarium provides a real-time view of […]
The Player One Apollo Solar Camera series is a new camera line designed specifically for solar imaging. The Apollo series features Sony monochrome sensors with global shutters. There are three different models of the Apollo cameras: Apollo-M MAX (Sony IMX432), 1.1 inch sensor, monochrome; Apollo-M MINI (Sony IMX429), 2/3 inch […]
Hungary based Fornax Mounts is hosting a new astrophotography competition. The competition in presented in three categories. To enter you can register on the Fornax website and upload your work. If you would like to share your astrophotos on social media sites, you can use the #FornaxMountsCompetition and #Letsmovewiththeuniverse hashtags. […]
The new Astro-Tech XWA eyepieces are offered in five different focal lengths and two different apparent fields of view. The 4.8mm is offered in a 110° apparent field of view and the 7mm, 9mm, 13mm and 20mm are offered in a 100° apparent field of view. The eyepieces offer an […]
A new update to Software Bisque’s TheSky software includes upgraded support for the Gaia Star Catalog. The European Space Agency’s over seven year and counting Gaia satellite observation mission is producing the largest and most accurate star catalog on record, with precision astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic measurements on, at present, almost 1.7 billion stars. […]
The Orion StarShoot Mini 2mp AutoGuider Camera is an autoguider and imager that uses the Sony IMX 290 monochrome sensor featuring a 12-bit image and 2.9 micron pixels. With a quantum efficiency of around 80%, stars will be visible in any area of the sky you point your guidescope to […]
The New Astro-Tech UWA 82° eyepieces from Astronomics offer an 82° apparent field of view and are available in six different sizes. The eyepieces offer a seven element/four group design featuring low dispersion and high refractive index lenses and full multicoatings for high contrast, high resolution, and flat field images […]
Software Bisque will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast as the Sky-Watcher team will sit down with the President of Software Bisque, Stephen Bisque. Software Bisque is known around the world for their robotic telescope mounts and control software – The Sky. Stephen Bisque, President […]
New Astro-Tech PF Eyepieces have been announced by Astronomics. The new line of eyepieces are offered in five different focal lengths and offer 60° or 65° apparent field of views. This series of eyepiece is designed to have an inherently flat field, so it will excel at wide field observation. […]
The Antlia Solar Wedge offers a Herschel Wedge design which replaces the standard prism diagonal at the rear of refractor telescopes to enable imaging of solar granulation and sunspots. The Herschel Wedge design is well known to give sharper, higher-contrast images while transmitting a greatly reduced, safe amount of light […]
The Sharpstar SCA260 is a fast-focal-ratio aspherical Cassegrain astrograph telescope designed with an aspherical mirror which, according to the company, “Entails sophisticated research and development, with the process of producing, manufacturing and testing being more complicated compared with that of an ordinary reflective mirror.” The Sharpstar SCA260 is wrapped with […]
The APM Photo-Visual SD Triplet Apo 180mm telescope is APM’s next entry into the world of really big Apo refractors. This telescope fills the gap between the company’s 152mm Apo and the 203mm Apo. The 180mm SD apochromat includes a large 4″ RAP focuser which facilitates astrophotography at the very […]