You should be able to see Comet NEOWISE with binoculars as it continues to pass by the earth. The likelihood to see Comet NEOWISE will depend on how bright the comet will be plus factors that are dependent on your location. And binoculars should be a part of your arsenal […]
Dark skies for astronomy are becoming less and less available. Luckily for the amateur astronomy community, there are lot of resources today to help find close, yet dark skies. Dark skies for astronomy is the topic of this week’s SkyWatcher USA “What’s Up?” Webcast which offers an ongoing opportunity to […]
Bresser Telescopes is supporting communities of underrepresented groups around the world who have been selected to receive telescopes signed by astronauts and Nobel Laureates. This is the first group of Bresser Telescopes to be distributed by the Telescopes for All: Inspiring Stars & Stars Shine for Everyone Collaboration. Telescopes for All […]
Tom Field of RSPEC Real Time Spectroscopy will host an online presentation on July 21 to show how to capture stellar spectra using telescopes as small as 6-inch or with DSLR cameras. The spectroscopy program will be held using Zoom and hosted by the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association. Registration for the […]
The PrimaLuceLab ESATTO 4″ Robotic Microfocuser is the largest of the company’s ESATTO robotic microfocusers offering 102mm free aperture and a high 10kg payload capacity. It is perfect for large professional telescopes found in observatories or for astrographs offering a large corrected image circle that require the use of focusers […]
An ASCOM ALPACA presentation and a QHYCCD New Camera Announcement will be among the highlights of Woodland Hills Telescope and Binoculars next YouTube live stream on Wednesday, July 8th as part of the latest edition of its ongoing live stream series. Including during the event will be an announcement by […]
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 […]