One of the most unique ways to enjoy imaging the skies is to use time-lapse techniques for nightscapes. For those that would like to learn more, Alan Dyer’s interactive eBook, How to Photograph & Process Nightscapes and Time-lapses, covers the latest equipment, software, and processing techniques for creating great still […]
The Celestron CGX-L Mount offers a fully computerized equatorial mount capable of carrying Celestron’s largest optical tubes. CGX-L is designed for backyard observatories and remote imagers looking for exceptional load capacity-to-weight ratio, compact design, and innovative features that fully support large telescopes, imaging kits, and the latest in wireless tech […]
Baader Planetarium’s famed Hyperion 8-24 mm Zoom eyepiece, now in its fourth generation as the Hyperion Zoom Mark IV Eyepiece, continues the line’s High Quality Phantom Coating Group Multicoatings, for revealing faintest objects at maximum contrast with total freedom from reflections. The Hyperion Zoom Mark IV Eyepiece click-stop action – […]
AiryLab’s Genika Astro is an astro image acquisition software dedicated to astronomical imaging. It supports high-speed cameras and sensors such as CCD, CMOS, sCMOS, EMCCD and NIR sensors from manufacturers including Andor, AVT, Basler, IDS, PointGrey, Raptor Photonics, Celestron, The Imaging Source and ZWO. Genika Astro offers enhanced performance for […]
Sky-Watcher Stargate Dobsonian is a truss-tube Dobsonian telescope that offer serious aperture for those looking to sail farther into the depths of the cosmos in big – and even bigger – deep-sky-gobbling apertures of 18 and 20 inches. For those stepping up from the 12-inch instruments, the 18-inch Sky-Watcher Stargate […]
The Astronomik Clip Filter lineup for Canon EOS cameras are used for astrophotography in moderately light polluted areas and can be inserted into the camera body within seconds. There are no conversions necessary and all functions (focus, aperture, image stabilization) are completely preserved. Almost all Canon system lenses (with the […]
Knightware SQM Reader software is the only commercially available software that reads sky darkness data from Unihedron’s connected Sky Quality Meters automatically and continuously, displays and graphs data, stores data in files and transfers it to an FTP server and post processing scripts, batch files and programs. Knightware supports Sky […]
Deep Sky West (DSW) is a remote observatory hosting complex located on Rowe Mesa in Rowe, New Mexico. The facility offers the opportunity for anyone in the world to locate and operate astrophotography equipment. Deep Sky West’s target audience is the average backyard astrophotographer who has a love for the […]
The StellarMate Astrophotography Controller offers a unique Internet of Things (IoT) device that provides the flexibility to control a lone mount in the field or to coordinate the orchestration of a state of the art observatory. You can connect your equipment (mount, DSLR/CCD, focuser, filter wheel, etc.) to StellarMate via […]
Simulation Curriculum’s SkyFi 3 offer big performance in a small package. The SkyFi 3 WiFi-to-Serial adapter is designed for wireless telescope control, so if you have a computer-controlled Go-To telescope, SkyFi can use the WiFi capabilities built into your Mac, PC, Android Phone, iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to point […]
The Skynet Robotic Telescope Network offers the Skynet University introductory-level undergraduate observing course Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place In Space! available to anyone who wants to try their hand at using its global network of robotic telescopes, through its Skynet University program. The Skynet Robotic Telescope Network recently opened its […]
Recognizing the growing demand for an accurate and stable equatorial mount with the versatility to carry larger instruments and more complex imaging arrays, iOptron has extended its revolutionary center-balance design to the greater-than-100-pound-payload class with the iOptron CEM 120. iOptron’s unique “center balance” design yields stability, accuracy and smooth mechanical […]