With the Avalon M-zero obs, Avalon Instruments has taken all the features of its M-zero line of innovative and portable mounts and created an even more portable and flexible version. The release of the Avalon M-zero obs comes on the heels of the recent release of the M-zero LHQ telescope […]
The Stellarvue universal field flattener is designed for cameras with sensors that are full frame and smaller and comes in versions that work with each of the company’s telescopes. The flattener is of a proprietary design and is manufactured at Stellarvue’s California manufacturing facility. Each Stellarvue universal field flattener is […]
Asteroid Day 2020 will be held on June 30 and you’ll have a chance to view online real asteroids by telescope as part of the event. The Virtual Telescope Project will host “A Journey Across the Near-Earth Asteroids” as part of Asteroid Day 2020. During this event viewers will get […]
The ScopeStuff Finder Adapter for Explore Scientific/Meade, like so many ScopeStuff accessories, solves a unique problem. Explore Scientific and Meade share a unique finder mounting foot and shoe system, but most available and imported finder accessories use a finder foot that is standard to Vixen, Synta and Orion scopes. Some […]
On Friday, June 26th, starting at 7:00 PM, the Hamptons Observatory will host an evening of virtual stargazing for those new to astronomy. Hamptons Observatory Senior Educator and NASA Solar System Ambassador, William Francis Taylor, will provide a fascinating, illustrated trip through the summer night sky via Zoom. During the […]
The ZWO ASI2400MC Pro is the first CMOS astronomy camera with a Sony Full-Frame IMX410 Sensor. Utilizing Sony’s latest back-illuminated IMX410 14-bit ADC sensor, this one-shot color imager is a 24 megapixel full-frame camera that provides 5.94um pixels that can accommodate a large full-well depth of 100ke and high dynamic […]
Tele Vue offers Tactical Night Vision TNV/PVS-14 L3 Gen3 Un-Filmed White Phosphor night vision monoculars that the company has packaged with complimentary purpose designed Tele Vue accessories for astronomical observing. Night-vision devices (NVD) like the TNV/PVS-14 are optoelectronic devices that are becoming more popular for astronomical observations. The devices allow […]
The new Orion StarBlast Travel Refractor is an entry level telescope offering a 02mm (4″) achromatic refractor telescope outfitted with a full-length stainless steel tripod and two-way pan head as well as a number of accessories – all of which fit neatly into a solid carry case for convenient transport […]
Code Obsession has announced the availability of Observatory 1.5.1 which offers an update to its astronomical image management and preprocessing application for macOS. Observatory is a full-featured native macOS application for image management specifically designed for astronomy. It helps you keep your astronomical images organized with albums, smart albums, tags, […]
The Orion 2″ StarShoot Motorized Filter Wheel and LRGB Filter Set Package offers automatic and trouble free filter transitions for your monochrome imaging setup a well as helping to save imaging time. To easily transition filters for automatic LRGB (Luminance, Red, Green, and Blue) imaging, simply load up the four […]
PHD2 is open source telescope guiding software that simplifies the process of tracking a guide star, letting you concentrate on other aspects of deep-sky imaging or spectroscopy. The latest v2.6.8 release offers new functionality for Altair and QHY cameras, better tolerance of INDI/ASCOM mount drivers that incorrectly report guide speed […]
Woodland Hills Telescope and Binoculars will be live on YouTube Wednesday, June 17th with the latest edition of its ongoing live stream series. The title of this event is “Hardcore Astronomy” and the broadcast will dive deep into the software used for astro imaging. Featured during the event will be […]