Bob Schalck is an amateur astronomer who is now offering engraved wood observatory plaques. According to Bob, “A few folks asked if I could laser engrave a wood plaque for their observatory with the type of telescope they are using. So I designed and made several. These will make wonderful […]
Bill Tschumy, formerly with Simulation Curriculum (the SkySafari app), has released Windows and Android versions of the Our Galaxy app in his Beta 2.0 release. The app is designed to help users visualize the locations and physical properties of deep sky objects in and around our Galaxy. The app first […]
With 50 square feet of total space, and five-foot high walls matched with six-foot high wind break walls of the Explore Scientific Two-Room Pop-Up Observatory Tent, you can set up your computer gear in one room with the telescope in the other, or set up two complete telescope systems. Each […]
The Sky-Watcher USA series of Quattro f/4 imaging Newtonians will be the subject this week on the What’s Up? Webcast. The Quattro series of Newtonians offers three larger aperture telescopes for deep sky imaging work. In this episode the Sky-Watcher team will take a dive into the Quattro series and […]
Knightware has announced the release of a free update to its SQM Reader Pro 3 software. The update contains both a significant enhancement and a new feature. The enhancement adds support for high resolution monitors. The support works best on Windows 8.1 and 10 although it also runs on Windows […]
With exceptional optics, top-notch features and beautiful fit and finish, the Orion EON 115mm ED Triplet refractor telescope offers wide-field observers and astrophotographers a well-crafted, true-color instrument at a great price. Orion has updated the previous design with a more robust focuser, and streamlined the tube rings and dovetail bar. […]
The crew at Orion are obviously feeling awesome about this new product as they have announced, “We’ve got a new, better solution for your deep space astrophotography autoguiding needs: the Orion Awesome Autoguider Deluxe Refractor Telescope Package!” The recently introduced package combines the newly reissued Orion ShortTube 80 refractor with […]
The Orion 7.2-21.6mm Zoom Eyepiece has been a popular accessory as part of the Orion GrandView ED line of spotting scopes. The company is now making the eyepiece available as a standalone offering. Having multiple magnifications all built into one eyepiece allows the observer to quickly zoom to the right […]
ImPPG is an image post processing program that performs Lucy-Richardson deconvolution, unsharp masking, brightness normalization and tone curve adjustment. It can also apply previously specified processing settings to multiple images. All operations are performed using 32-bitfloating-point arithmetic. A new version of the software has recently been released. ImPPG Supports input […]
Bill Tschumy, formerly with Simulation Curriculum (the SkySafari app), has released Windows and Android versions of the Our Galaxy app in his Beta 2.0 release. The app is designed to help users visualize the locations and physical properties of deep sky objects in and around our Galaxy. The app first […]
The Orion StarSeeker IV 80mm GoTo Refractor offers the ease of motorized object-location technology and optical performance at low price. Featuring multi-coated 80mm wide-field refractor optics (f/5), this compact telescope delivers sharp views of the Moon’s surface, the planets, and bright deep-sky objects. The included Orion StarSeeker IV GoTo Mount […]
The Orion StarShoot G24 is the first full format (35mm film size) CMOS camera the company has offered. Built around the Sony IMX410 CMOS chip, the G24 offers a massive 43.3mm diagonal sensor with 5.94 micron pixels, over 80% QE, and a full resolution of 6064×4040 pixels. The camera offers […]