APT stands for “AstroPhotography Tool” and it is like Swiss army knife for your astro imaging sessions. No matter what you are imaging with – Canon EOS, Nikon, CCD or CMOS astro camera – APT has the right tool for planning, collimating, aligning, focusing, framing, controlling/tethering, imaging, synchronizing, scheduling, meridian […]
This spring, a new accreditation program will train high school teachers to use amateur telescope technology for classroom projects and to train students in the telescope’s use. The new program is made possible in large part through a donation by Christian Pérez and Mike and Lynn Rice of New Mexico […]
Orion’s new StarShoot Compact Astro Tracker (CAT) offers the ability to shoot long-exposure and nightscape astrophotography and create daytime and nighttime time-lapse videos. The palm-sized, precision camera tracking module houses a right ascension DC servo motor with all metal gears and offers selectable sidereal, solar, and lunar tracking rates. Pop […]
The new EOS Ra camera is Canon’s first full-frame mirrorless camera dedicated to deep sky and night sky photography. Building on the success of the EOS R, the EOS Ra offers 30x magnification in both the viewfinder and in Live View shooting for more accurate focus and roughly 4x more […]
Rainbow Astro has introduced the new RST-135 Robotic Mount which uses a type of gear called a strain wave gear. Due to the strong force provided by the strain wave gear and motor, a counterweight is not needed. The mount weighs in at only 3.3kg (7.27lbs) and can carry a […]
Voyager is Microsoft Windows(R) software that automates astrophotography. It integrates and orchestrates all mounts, cameras, filter wheels, rotators, guiding systems and more – all the hardware and software needed to do astronomy imaging. The software also controls dome or roll-off roofs with an ASCOM drivers. Voyager’s companion product Viking offers […]
By David Snay Vixen offers this neat little device that looks kind of like a camera. In fact, it’s actually about the same size and weight as an old Leica M9. It even has a flash shoe! Doesn’t look like much, does it? However, if you own a basic camera […]
By David Snay Light pollution – every astronomer’s nightmare. Unless you’re lucky enough to live beneath a nice dark sky or have access to a remote observatory, you’ve had to learn to deal with unwanted light intruding on your pastime. I don’t even bother trying visual observing from my home […]
Scheduled to release to the Meade Instruments telescope dealer network soon, the Meade LX65 Dual-Scope Single-Fork Arm Mount features a newly designed single arm mount with Meade’s AudioStar hand controller. This new mount is compact, yet sturdy, providing a great combination of portability and performance, but the headline feature is […]