What to see in the February skies will be the subject of this week on the What’s Up? Webcast. In this episode the Sky-Watcher team will take a look at what the highlights are for the second month of 2021. The Sky-Watcher What’s Up? Webcast is a live webcast held […]
Celestron has created several nifty guides to help amateur astronomers observe the planets. Celestron’s “Ultimate Guides to Observe the Planets” are offered in six guides with each guide offering an intro about the planet and advice on equipment, best viewing times and more. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are combined together […]
The QHY268 Monochrome Photographic Camera is a cooled, back-illuminated, CMOS camera based on the Sony IMX571 sensor with native 16-bit A/D and 3.76um pixels. The BFL of QHY268M is 12.5mm under a new front design. Included with the camera is an electronic shutter that has increased reliability and stability when […]
Long time subscribers of Astronomy Magazine may remember that there used to be two smaller quarterly available from the publisher – Deep Sky and Telescope Making. As Astronomy Magazine’s Editor David Eicher notes, “These sister publications were extremely popular with amateur astronomers in the boom days of the Dobsonian revolution, […]
PixInsight FastTrack Training is the latest offering from Adam Block, who hosts the Adam Block Studios website where he provides instruction on creating beautiful astro images through technical proficiency and thoughtful artistry. On the website he provides astro imaging instructional videos and other materials on subjects including PixInsight, Photoshop, and […]
The CCD Guide 2021 for Astrophotography is now available. Every year since 1997, the Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Salzkammergut astronomy club in Austria has published the CCD-Guide in DVD format, which assists astrophotographers in planning their imaging projects. Besides a huge number of reference images, the CCD-Guide contains software to find images, […]
Eye&Telescope is free Windows based astronomy software for planning and logging visual deep sky observations. Version 3.3.2 of the software has recently been released providing additional functionality. Highlights of the Eye&Telescope astronomy software platform include: – You can find meaningful observable celestial objects Based on the object, location and equipment […]
Lunt Solar now offers in-house APM Binocular Certification Services. When you purchase a new APM Large Format Binocular from Lunt Solar, Lunt will bench test and certify your binocular to 100x through the end of February, a $129 value. Testing to 180x is available upon request, subject to binocular specification, […]
The New Vixen Polarie U Star Tracker is the latest version of the popular Polarie camera platform that automatically follows the movement of the stars. By imaging with a camera mounted on the Polarie U and a tripod, you will be able to produce beautiful starry skies in an image […]
The Meet Star Gazers app is an application that is dedicated to supporting astronomy clubs and other organizations involved with astronomy outreach. The app is designed to help astronomy clubs, associations and observatories forge a stronger bond with their members and increase their outreach efforts through a solution that they can […]
A Northern Hemisphere Astrophotography Competition is being hosted by nPAE Precision Astro Engineering Limited. Participants can enter by sending in their favorite Northern Hemisphere object – these can be an be a Deep Space Object (DSO), Planetary, Lunar or Solar image. Participants can enter a maximum of 2 photos and […]
A new DYI equatorial platform kit is now available from Blandin Equatorial Platforms. The company launched in 2019 with its line of Crossbow Aluminum Equatorial Platforms and is now offering a DYI equatorial platform kit for Dobsonian telescopes up 10″ that weighing 80 pounds or less. These kits feature a […]