The ZWO ASI664MC color camera is among the latest offerings from ZWO providing an excellent option for planetary, lunar and solar imaging. The ZWO ASI664MC utilizes Sony’s STARVIS 2 technology which helps produce exceptional image quality through its back illuminated sensor design. The increased sensitivity to near infrared (NIR) offers […]
The UniStellar Odyssey telescope is the latest iteration of the company’s automated smart telescope lineup. It comes in two different models, the base Odyssey and Odyssey Pro (shown in image) which is equipped with a digital OLED Nikon eyepiece for live views directly from the telescope. Both models of the […]
The Takahashi TPL Plossl Eyepieces offer a lineup of 48-degree eyepieces with highly refractive and low-dispersion glass which result in excellent pinpoint and sharp contrast. The new TPL series minimizes chromatic aberration to around half of the Takahashi Abbe eyepiece series and two thirds of the Takahashi LE series. To […]
The Nebula Filter for Celestron Origin enhances the views and images of nebulae when using the Celestron Origin especially from urban and suburban skies. The filter blocks light pollution, boosts image contrast and darkens the sky background for noticeably better images as it transmits only the key Hα-Hβ-OIII wavelengths from […]
The Universal On-OTA mounting kit for ZWO from Photoastro in Germany offers a set of mounting components for astrophotography setups using lenses and telescopes with a focus ring and is designed for use with the ZWO ASIAIR Pro or Plus and ZWO EAF. The kit helps in mounting essential hardware […]
The Askar Color Magic C 2″ Duo-band filter package was designed for deep-sky imaging and offers a two-filter package consisting of an Hα+OIII duo-band filter (designated C1) and SIII +OIII filter (designated C2). The combo provides the ability to use color cameras to image in Ha, SII, and OIII wavelengths. […]
The team behind the Stellarium planetarium software has announced that Stellarium version 23.4 is now available. Stellarium 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 […]
The CCD Guide 2024 is now available. Every year since 1997, the Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Salzkammergut astronomy club in Austria has published the CCD-Guide, 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 images and to […]
The Telescope Control Center Platform from Rouz Astro is designed to clamp on to any Losmandy or Vixen type dovetail allowing the user to create their own telescope control center. It offers a modular design that can be used to configure the platform with mini-PCs, ZWO ASIAIRs and power distribution […]
The new Celestron Origin is an all-in-one home observatory designed to take the complexity out of traditional telescopes by combining a number of different Celestron innovations such as RASA optics and StarSense sky recognition technology. At the heart of its imaging DNA, the Celestron Origin utilizes Celestron’s patented Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt […]
The Meade ACF 0.68x Focal Reducer with 50mm T-thread Adapter enhances the functionality of astrophotography when using Meade’s Advanced Coma Free (ACF) telescopes. By reducing the telescope’s effective focal length and “speeding up” the focal ratio, the 0.68x focal reducer significantly shortens the long exposure times needed to produce images […]
Avalon StarGo Plus Mounts are now available from Avalon Instruments. The Avalon StarGo Plus was introduced in early 2023 featuring a custom Avalon Instruments Raspberry Pi controller offering a complete remote and complete setup management. It is retrogradable for users of the Avalon StarGo GoTo control system and the company […]