With its ability to support heavy imaging trains without sacrificing stability, precision or smooth rotation, the new, robust Explore Scientific 3-inch Self-Centering Focuser is designed to meet the demanding requirements of astrophotography. As a side note, we get emails daily about product mentions in forums focusing on astronomy products and […]
Solar Snap is a new solar eclipse smart phone solar filter that that was developed by former Hubble Space Telescope Astronomer, Dr. Doug Duncan. The Solar Snap kit includes solar eclipse-viewing lenses designed specifically for use with smartphones along with the Solar Snap app offered in an iOS version on […]
A new video demonstrating solar eclipse convection clouds has been released by Gordon Telepun, the publisher of the Solar Eclipse Timer App and a new e-book titled “Eclipse Day – 2024 and More! How to enjoy, observe and photograph a total solar eclipse.” This video overlays a special colorized GOES […]
The Frosty Drew Observatory Astronomy Team replaced the Observatory’s aging Meade LX200 16” Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope with a new PlaneWave CDK600 Corrected Dall-Kirkham telescope. Shown is the timelapse of the entire replacement project. Enjoy!
A PlaneWave Instruments CDK600 was installed for Brigham Young University. The company has shared a video instillation where they install a PlaneWave Instruments CDK600 observatory telescope package on an equatorial wedge. The CDK600 package from PlaneWave includes a CDK24 telescope and L-600 direct drive mount. This system is great for […]
Solar imaging by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SD0) of the Sun has been going non-stop for over a full decade. From its orbit in space around Earth, SDO has gathered 425 million high-resolution images of the Sun, amassing 20 million gigabytes of data over the past 10 years. This information […]
Bill Tschumy, formerly with Simulation Curriculum (the SkySafari app), has released the “Our Galaxy” app that helps users visualize the locations and physical properties of deep sky objects in and around our Galaxy. The Our Galaxy app serves as a reference to turn to when you read about an object […]
Nikita Misiura is an astrophotographer and software developer who created the StarNet++ software system which provides the ability to remove stars from astrophotography images. As Misiura notes, “StarNet++ is neural network-based software that can make star removal from images simpler. The idea was to train a neural network that can […]
At this year’s Winter Star Party, TeleVue founder Al Nagler gave attendees a preview of a special accessory attachment for late models of the company’s popular TeleVue 55mm Plössl eyepiece. The new accessory will be introduced later this year and converts the TeleVue 55mm Plössl to a 67mm focal length […]
In its release last year of SkyTools 4 Imaging, Skyhound introduced a major update to it’s a platform offering a powerful tool for astro imagers. Now Skyhound is putting the finishing touches on its SkyTools 4 Visual, which distills the most sophisticated astronomical calculations into a remarkably simple interface that […]
Normand Fullum of Canadian based Optiques Fullum traveled to New Jersey to install and deliver an insanely large modified Fullum-Folded Newtonian Telescope with a 50” primary mirror, a focal ratio of 3.5 and a fully motorized guiding system. They video’d the one day instillation. Its truly amazing to watch, check […]
The US Naval Observatory has had PlaneWave Instruments install a PlaneWave 1-Meter telescope (CDK1000) high atop the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The high elevation and stable atmospheric conditions make Chile the perfect location for large aperture research telescopes. The US Naval Observatory funded install took 10 hours from […]