Lunt Solar refurbished telescopes are a great way to add a Solar Telescope or Double Stack filter, at a discounted price. You have full confidence that the products are backed by Lunt with a 30 day no worry return policy (less shipping) and a full 5 year warranty. Used telescope […]
The Refractor telescope design is one of the most popular telescope designs used today. From visual observing to imaging they provide sharp, high contrast images. They will be Taking a look at the different designs, features and advantages of the refractor design. This week Sky-Watcher USA on the What’s Up? […]
The NINA imaging software is an open source astrophotography sequencing suite allowing users to set up an imaging sessions that contain sequences of hardware control actions and exposures. NINA stands for Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy Software and it offers a sequencing application to compose an astrophotography session and then drive […]
The ARCO Robotic Rotator from PrimaLuceLab is a robotic arcsecond resolution rotator offering a low-profile and high load capacity, available in 2” and 3” models. It is specifically designed to work with PrimaLuceLab’s ESATTO robotic microfocuser or SESTO SENSO 2 motorized focuser providing the ability to rotate the camera without […]
The QHY410C camera from QHYCCD is a back-illuminated (BSI) CMOS full-frame color camera. The 24.6 MP Sony IMX410 CMOS sensor has a pixel size of 5.94um. The IMX410 is essentially a back-illuminated version of the sensor used in the QHY128C camera. The color camera comes with a full well of […]
Telescope optics are increasingly becoming a world consumed with larger aperture, fast optics and pushing the limits of today’s optical capabilities. And telescope optics and just how far they can be taken is the subject of the latest SkyWatcher USA “What’s Up?” Webcast which offers an ongoing opportunity to learn […]
The Seletek Armadillo is Lunático Astronomía’s flexible and powerful control system capable of controlling several astronomy accessories at the same time. It includes outputs for two motors, several digital and analog inputs, and two temperature sensors (one internal, included, and an optional external sensor). Lunático has come out with a […]
The TS-Optics Photoline Apo is a 155mm f/8 FPL55 Triplet Apochromat that is the largest apo available from Teleskop-Service. The telescope offers an inexpensive entry into the world of really big refractors and is available from APM Telescopes for $4,750US. The TS-Optics Photoline Apo features an apochromatic triplet lens with […]
The Telescopi Italiani TI-160 Wynne Corrector is professional optical corrector optimized for extremely fast parabolic mirrors from f/3.5 to down f/2.5. The corrector offers a solution for high end prime focus combinations in super-fast parabolic mirrors with a diameter above 450 mm. With a huge aperture diameter of 160 mm […]
The Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator is a light-weight, low profile camera field rotator. Despite its thin size, the Falcon can lift and handle heavy image trains with exact accuracy. The Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator offers ease of operation via ASCOM drivers or standalone software that will automatically adjust with precision. […]
StarTools 1.6 is the new stable version of the astrophotography processing software application. The list of innovations, new functionality, improvements, optimizations and enhancements is very extensive, and this version also includes improved, integrated documentation and support. The StarTools team has also announced the release of the 1.7 alpha, making StarTools […]
The Sharpstar 94EDPH is the the company’s latest telescope marketed under the Sharpstar brand offering a 94mm air-spaced triplet apo objective with two ED glass elements for excellent color correction, contrast, and image sharpness. Sharpstar specializes in the design, manufacture and sales of medium to high-end telescopes and their peripheral […]