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 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 […]
In this issue Matt Harmston shows how the Mallincam HD-10 II provides a unique opportunity for solar-system viewing without a PC; In his “Battle of the Quads!” Jim Thompson demonstrates that, while the four filters reviewed all share the “quad” designation in their names, they each fill a rather different […]
Robust, suitable for travel, with excellent optics, the new Omegon Pro APO AP 106 is one of the latest editions of the Omegon Pro APO lineup that was designed for astrophotographers and visual observers who want high performing contrast and performance. With an aperture of just over 4 inches, this […]
The recently introduced OGMA Filter Wheels continues to build upon the offerings from OGMA, which is a new company located in Raleigh, North Carolina that debuted its first astroimaging products at the beginning of 2023. These latest filter wheel offerings include a filter wheel with five positions for 2-inch mounted […]