On Friday, June 26th, starting at 7:00 PM, the Hamptons Observatory will host an evening of virtual stargazing for those new to astronomy. Hamptons Observatory Senior Educator and NASA Solar System Ambassador, William Francis Taylor, will provide a fascinating, illustrated trip through the summer night sky via Zoom. During the […]
The ZWO ASI2400MC Pro is the first CMOS astronomy camera with a Sony Full-Frame IMX410 Sensor. Utilizing Sony’s latest back-illuminated IMX410 14-bit ADC sensor, this one-shot color imager is a 24 megapixel full-frame camera that provides 5.94um pixels that can accommodate a large full-well depth of 100ke and high dynamic […]
Tele Vue offers Tactical Night Vision TNV/PVS-14 L3 Gen3 Un-Filmed White Phosphor night vision monoculars that the company has packaged with complimentary purpose designed Tele Vue accessories for astronomical observing. Night-vision devices (NVD) like the TNV/PVS-14 are optoelectronic devices that are becoming more popular for astronomical observations. The devices allow […]
The new Orion StarBlast Travel Refractor is an entry level telescope offering a 02mm (4″) achromatic refractor telescope outfitted with a full-length stainless steel tripod and two-way pan head as well as a number of accessories – all of which fit neatly into a solid carry case for convenient transport […]
Code Obsession has announced the availability of Observatory 1.5.1 which offers an update to its astronomical image management and preprocessing application for macOS. Observatory is a full-featured native macOS application for image management specifically designed for astronomy. It helps you keep your astronomical images organized with albums, smart albums, tags, […]
The Orion 2″ StarShoot Motorized Filter Wheel and LRGB Filter Set Package offers automatic and trouble free filter transitions for your monochrome imaging setup a well as helping to save imaging time. To easily transition filters for automatic LRGB (Luminance, Red, Green, and Blue) imaging, simply load up the four […]
PHD2 is open source telescope guiding software that simplifies the process of tracking a guide star, letting you concentrate on other aspects of deep-sky imaging or spectroscopy. The latest v2.6.8 release offers new functionality for Altair and QHY cameras, better tolerance of INDI/ASCOM mount drivers that incorrectly report guide speed […]
Woodland Hills Telescope and Binoculars will be live on YouTube Wednesday, June 17th with the latest edition of its ongoing live stream series. The title of this event is “Hardcore Astronomy” and the broadcast will dive deep into the software used for astro imaging. Featured during the event will be […]
The new QHY5III462C camera uses the latest (6th Generation) 2.1 megapixel IMX462 STARVIS CMOS sensor from Sony. The pixel size is 2.9u making it the same size and resolution as the sensor used in the QHY5III290 camera that has been so successfully used for planetary imaging. Like others in the […]
The Orion StarShoot G16 Deep Space Imaging Camera offers excellent sensitivity in a large format, cooled CMOS camera. It is based around the Panasonic MN34230 4/3″ 12-bit monochrome chip, with 3.8 micron pixels, 60% QE, and a large 4640×3506 pixel array. Exposures range from 0.15ms – 3600 seconds, and up […]
The Orion E-Series Zoom Eyepiece offers a single eyepiece that you can adjust to alter its focal length which changes its magnification. Put the eyepiece into your telescope and by simply turning the barrel of the zoom eyepiece you will zoom into or out from whatever you are looking at. […]
Rigel Systems’ tried-and-true USB-nSTEP system for computer control of telescope stepper focus motors is now available for MoonLite Focusers. The gear coupling of the stepper to focus shaft provides up to 9,600 steps per revolution in full step mode and 19,200 in half step mode to supply the exceptionally fine […]