In 1984 Ken Fulton published the “The Light-Hearted Astronomer”, a humorous and down-to-earth tome offering common sense on practicing amateur astronomy. He has updated his original work in his publication of “The Light-Hearted Astronomer Observes Again” which he crafted to appeal to beginners and experienced practitioners of the hobby. As […]
SkyTools 4 is now two products, SkyTools Imaging, which comes in a single edition, and the newly introduced SkyTools Visual , which is a comprehensive software platform dedicated to every aspect of visual observing including planning, finder charts, controlling a telescope and logging observations. SkyTools Visual comes in three editions: […]
The Rockland Astronomy Club (RAC) has announced they are rescheduling the NEAF event and the NEAIC imaging conference to a date to be determined later this year. Instead they will be hosting “NEAF: The Virtual Experience” on April 4. Here is the NEAF organizational team’s announcement: Due to the Coronavirus […]
Xerxes Scientific launched last year with the purpose of creating semi-custom telescope mounts and control systems for astronomical imaging. Their initial product designs were the D11 and D21 direct drive modules which are part of their modular telescope mount system, which can either be incorporated into custom telescope mounts or […]
Telescopi Italiani has announced the availability of its TI35 Astrograph in a f/3.5 figuration. The TI 35 (350 mm of clear aperture) is based on the same Modified Harmer Wynne optical configuration as Telescopi Italiani’s TI35 f/5 system. The TI 35 offers a very compact, light-weight, high-end performance astrograph in […]
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 […]
Sirius Astro Products owner Bill Beers has announced that he is retiring and closing his astronomy products business. He will be selling out his remaining inventory until it is gone. Beers recently commented, “After 14 years of supplying our red screen products world-wide to our astronomy community, we will be […]
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 55mm Plössl eyepiece. The new accessory will be introduced later this year and converts the telescope eyepiece to a 67mm focal length with a […]
Pegasus Astro has introduced a new USB Control Hub for the astrophotography market. One of the unique features of the hub is that it is certified to work from −40°C to +85°C and offers electronics has been selected to support Industrial grade temperature ranges. The hub also has the ability […]
The team at Backyard Observatories has announced they are building a new remote telescope hosting facility in Northern Ohio. The “NORTH” (Northern Ohio Remote Telescope Hosting) observatory complex will be ready to host telescopes later this year in Chatham Township, Medina County Ohio located on the edge of Amish country. […]
A new report by the market research company Global Info Research predicts that the global astronomical telescope market size is expected to gain market growth in the forecast period of 2020 to 2025, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8% in the forecast period of 2020 to 2025 […]
St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico has turned back the clock, way back, as they have commissioned and installed on their campus the only completely operational Tycho Brahe armillary sphere in existence. The intricate device was originally invented in the 16th century by astronomer Tycho Brahe and was […]