Why a telescope help hotline? Well, if you are new to amateur astronomy and you have bought a new telescope, you’ve probably found a plethora of advice online on how to use that telescope. And perhaps you are a bit overwhelmed? The team at Optical Structures, the parent company of […]
APM Jena is a telescope manufacturer located in Jena, Germany. Its owner and founder, Norbert Stroemich, is a mechanical engineer and former employee of over 14 years at Carl Zeiss Jena. The APM Jena initial offering is a Fluorite Quadruplet Polychromat 150/1200, offering a premium refractor for both visual and […]
StarTools has announced that the astrophotography processing software application can now create plausible depth information from 2D images, for use by various 3D media and Virtual Reality. New as of StarTools 1.6 beta, the Stereo 3D module can be used to synthesize depth information based on an astronomical image feature […]
Stellarium is an open-source planetarium software which renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time displaying stars, constellations, planets, nebulae and more. Stellarium is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and is available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Stellarium provides a real-time view of what […]
Revolution Imager keeps coming up with all kinds of nifty tools to make life easier. Their latest creation is their Right Handy Controller Heater Holder for the Celestron Evolution series of telescopes. As they say in the product description, if you love your Evolution series of Celestron telescopes but are […]
Starizona Night Owl offers a 0.4x SCT Reducer/Corrector with a 4-element reducer design to provide a wide field of view and fast focal ratio for deep-sky imaging, especially for real-time imaging, “electronically-assisted astronomy” or EAA. The Starizona Night Owl works with standard Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes (not EdgeHD or ACF models). The […]
In his recently released book, “Dante and the Early Astronomer: Science, Adventure, and a Victorian Woman Who Opened the Heavens,” Tracy Daugherty tells the story of Mary Acworth Evershed, a pioneering female amateur astronomer who was fascinated with Dante Alighieri. Daugherty is a professor emeritus of English and creative writing […]
UK based Altair Astro now offers a Guide Scope to RACI Finder Conversion Kit that converts the latest model of the Altair Astro MG60 60mm Guide Scope into a 10×60 RACI finder scope with illuminated reticule eyepiece. RACI means “Right Angled Correct Image” because the image in the eyepiece is […]
The Explore Scientific USB Power Bank is the perfect accessory for those looking for a small, lightweight, 8.4 amp-hour, 12 V battery pack. With the Explore Scientific USB Power Bank with Red LED Flashlight, you will have power to spare for your telescope mount, smart devices, cameras or other equipment […]
Its always sad to lose a long-standing institution in the astronomy products industry. This is especially true with the announcement that the RTMC astronomy expo will no longer continue. The Board of the RTMC has issued this statement: We, the current Board of RTMC, Inc., have made the difficult decision […]
Ricoh Imaging Americas has announced two new Pentax XW-Series Eyepieces as part of its XW Eyepiece Line. The new Pentax 2-inch XW30-R and XW40-R offer an extra wide field-of-view and are ideal for observing nebulae and star clusters with clear, comfortable viewing offered through a 70-degree apparent angle of view […]
Orbitrack 2 is the latest release of the satellite tracking app from the original developers of SkySafari and is now available for both Android and iOS. Orbitrack puts thousands of orbiting satellites at your fingertips, lets you find them in the night sky, and presents an encyclopedia of facts and […]