Author: Stuart Parkerson

Mallincam SkyRaider DS10c
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Mallincam SkyRaider DS10c

The Mallincam SkyRaider DS10c offers a sensor that is 21.8mm measured diagonally and it has 10.7million pixels. The sensor in the camera supports Contrast Gain – a mechanism for boosting sensor sensitivity. Said Jack Huerkamp with Jack’s Astro, “During testing when Low Contrast Gain (LCG) was employed, Physical Gain had […]

10micron AZ-HPS Mounts
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10micron AZ-HPS Mounts

10Micron AZ-HPS Mounts offer a line of premium altazimuth mounts based on the company’s popular GM-HPS line of super-accurate, absolute encoder German equatorial mounts. The 10Micron AZ-HPS series of mounts use the same absolute encoder technology as the GM-HPS mounts with instrument capacities from 55 to 330 pounds. The capability […]

Clearline Technology Corporation Offers New Boot-Up Emulator for the Meade LX200 Hand Controller
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Clearline Technology Corporation Offers New Boot-Up Emulator for the Meade LX200 Hand Controller

Clearline Technology Corporation has made available a new Boot-Up Emulator for the Meade LX200 Hand Controller. When the LX200 Classic with version 3.xx software starts up, it expects a “handshake” with its hand controller. Without that conversation, the telescope will not complete its start up, and thus cannot be used […]

ZWO ASI128MC Pro Color Camera
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ZWO ASI128MC Pro Color Camera

The special edition single-shot color ZWO ASI128MC Pro camera is ZWO’s first full-frame color astronomy camera. It utilizes a full-frame 24 megapixel CMOS Sony sensor with TEC-cooling. The ZWO ASI128MC Pro camera features the full-frame Sony IMX128 CMOS sensor with 6032×4032 resolution, 5.97-micron pixel size, 76000e full well capacity, and […]

Precise Parts Build-An-Adapter Platform
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Precise Parts Build-An-Adapter Platform

For those of you that are not familiar with Precise Parts, owner Ashley Stevens started the company in 2002 in Miami. They specialize in making precision custom adapters and one-of-a-kind telescope accessories. With their online Build-An-Adapter platform, almost any custom adapter can be designed and ordered online in just a […]