The Pegasus Astro Focus Cube Zero has replaced the company’s FocusCube SCT offering a more advanced unit which allows backlash free movement and a much more responsive motor. With the FocusCube Zero you can focus your Celestron SCT telescope faster, more reliably and accurately. The evolution of technology in astronomy […]

The Pegasus Astro Prodigy Microfocuser is a robust 3-inch robotic focuser which allows you to precisely and remotely control the focus of your telescope setup. Its sturdy mechanical design ensures that Prodigy Microfocuser can lift up to 10Kg (22lb) of equipment, dead accurate and flexure free. The focuser has a […]

The Sky-Watcher EQ8-R/Rh mount will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. The team will take a close up look at its flagship mount. This overview episode will cover the Sky-Watcher EQ8-R/Rh mount’s capabilities, offerings and differences between the two models and what they bring to […]

Discovering Double Stars is a new book designed to help users find and learn about 179 of the best double stars visible to Northern Hemisphere observers. The book was written by Agnes Clarke, an amateur astronomer in the Netherlands, and is designed to be of use for those living in […]

The Player One Ceres Planetary Cameras are the latest release by the Suzhou, China based company and include the Ceres M (mono) and Ceres C (color). The Ceres-C is a guiding camera which adopts the Sony IMX224/225 1/3” format sensor. The 3.75um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 19.4ke […]

An update to its astronomy cloud forecast model has been released by Astrospheric. The new feature is available to Astrospheric subscribers and offers a new cloud forecast model which combines multiple forecast models to generate a state-of-the-art ensemble just for astronomers and astrophotographers. The cloud ensemble on Astrospheric combines three […]

The Baader UFC-Tilter is the newest accessory for those using the Baader Universal Filter Changer (UFC). The new Baader UFC-Tilter was developed to help those using the UFC system for astro imaging have the ability to better compensate for image plane tilt. To understand how the tilter works, here is […]

Exoplanet research at the Whipple Observatory will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. In this episode the SkyWatcher team will sit down with telescope operator Gil Esquerdo of Whipple Observatory. Gil operates the FLWO 1.5-meter (60″) telescope and provides follow up observations for TESS and […]

The Starfield ED80 f/6 Triplet APO will take your wide field imaging game to new levels. The new telescope is from Canadian based StarField Optics, which offers a number of innovative products for the visual and imaging amateur astronomer. The Starfield ED80 f/6 Triplet APO uses FPL53 (Ohara, Japan) optics […]

In the Ultimate Guide to Observing the Moon, Celestron has provided an easy to consume, yet detailed guide on observing the Earth’s satellite, one of the largest in the Solar System (The title of the largest goes to Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, which is larger than Mercury and Pluto, and only […]

The Stellarvue SVX180T is the company’s largest apochromatic refractor telescope to date. The new scope is a 180mm, f/7 apochromatic refractor made with an Ohara S-FPL-55 super-low-dispersion center element. According to the Stellarvue team, “There will only be a limited run of 50 of these telescopes for now, and existing […]