The Rouz Astro Side-By-Side Dovetail Plates and Saddles can offer significant weight savings when carrying two telescopes due to their carbon composite design. As the Rouz Astro team notes, “When mounting dual scopes, it’s best to not stack them as the extra moment arm can put a lot of strain […]
The new QSI 700 Series cameras are the company’s latest high-end mono astroimaging cameras and include the QSI 760 and QSI 726. The new QSI 700 Series cameras offer CMOS sensors that are back-illuminated with native 16-bit digitization. QE is 90% and readout is a fast 120 million pixels per […]
Open Live Stacker is a free and open-source application for live stacking that allows running live stacking directly on an Android phone or tablet by connecting your camera to the camera directly via USB. The Open Live Stacker updates in this latest version include planetary stacking, image quality filters and […]
Premium APO refractors will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. The Sky-Watcher team will take a deep dive into the world of premium APO refractors from affordable apos to world-class, larger aperture scopes. They will take a look at what the high-level brands offer and […]
The Omegon Advanced X Dobsonian family has a new addition with the Omegon Advanced X N 152/1200 Dobsonian telescope. The Advanced X Dobsonian series scopes are designed to be perfect first telescopes at an affordable price point. The Advanced X N 152/1200 is not only the newest, but the most […]
The new Bresser Messier 12″ Dobson offers a large 305 mm parabolic primary mirror, 2.5″ HEX focuser and great portability due to its very lightweight GRP fiberglass telescope tube. Compared to a 10-inch Newtonian, the 305-millimeter aperture optics offer 1.4 times the light gathering power and a 0.1 arcsecond improvement […]
The APM-MS 8x32IF-ED Binoculars offer an ultra-modern optical system with optimized viewing characteristics and maximum contrast in a robust housing. The “IF” stands for the ability for individual focus for both eyepieces. The field correction is of the APM-MS 8x32IF-ED Binoculars is facilitated without flat field lenses. The high-end ED […]
The new Sky-Watcher Wave 100i and 150i mounts will be the subject this week on the Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast. The Sky-Watcher team will take a deep dive into the new Sky-Watcher Wave 100i and 150i mounts from their specifications to accessories. The Wave mount series expands the company’s mount […]
GraXpert is a new open-source software program that is designed to remove gradients from astroimages. Gradients are gradual changes in brightness that are not part of an astroimage and are caused by external interference. Causes can include light pollution or incorrect or missing flat correction and can also be from […]
The next Masters of PixInsight Workshop continues their popular “Newbie” workshop series and will be hosted virtually on Tuesday May 14, 2024, at 7 PM EDT. The Newbie Workshop series by Warren Keller and Dr. Ron Brecher is designed to take participants from a simple 11-step processing workflow and build […]
In this issue Dr. Thomas Fowler shows how the CFF 140mm offers wonderful optics and exceptionally well-made mechanical fittings; Dr. Leon Palmer provides a dynamic, affordable alternative for live video collimation just using an iPhone or Android phone; Dr. James R. Dire is extremely impressed with the quality and performance […]
The Apertura Armored USB Hub from High Point Scientific is a heavily protected, six port USB hub that offers automated and non-intrusive smart protections. The USB hub has integrated overcurrent protection, short circuit protection, over voltage protection, under voltage protection and reverse polarity protection. This resilient device has been engineered […]