With exceptional optics, top-notch features and beautiful fit and finish, the Orion EON 115mm ED Triplet refractor telescope offers wide-field observers and astrophotographers a well-crafted, true-color instrument at a great price. Orion has updated the previous design with a more robust focuser, and streamlined the tube rings and dovetail bar. […]
The crew at Orion are obviously feeling awesome about this new product as they have announced, “We’ve got a new, better solution for your deep space astrophotography autoguiding needs: the Orion Awesome Autoguider Deluxe Refractor Telescope Package!” The recently introduced package combines the newly reissued Orion ShortTube 80 refractor with […]
The Orion 7.2-21.6mm Zoom Eyepiece has been a popular accessory as part of the Orion GrandView ED line of spotting scopes. The company is now making the eyepiece available as a standalone offering. Having multiple magnifications all built into one eyepiece allows the observer to quickly zoom to the right […]
ImPPG is an image post processing program that performs Lucy-Richardson deconvolution, unsharp masking, brightness normalization and tone curve adjustment. It can also apply previously specified processing settings to multiple images. All operations are performed using 32-bitfloating-point arithmetic. A new version of the software has recently been released. ImPPG Supports input […]
Bill Tschumy, formerly with Simulation Curriculum (the SkySafari app), has released Windows and Android versions of the Our Galaxy app in his Beta 2.0 release. The app is designed to help users visualize the locations and physical properties of deep sky objects in and around our Galaxy. The app first […]
The Orion StarSeeker IV 80mm GoTo Refractor offers the ease of motorized object-location technology and optical performance at low price. Featuring multi-coated 80mm wide-field refractor optics (f/5), this compact telescope delivers sharp views of the Moon’s surface, the planets, and bright deep-sky objects. The included Orion StarSeeker IV GoTo Mount […]
The Orion StarShoot G24 is the first full format (35mm film size) CMOS camera the company has offered. Built around the Sony IMX410 CMOS chip, the G24 offers a massive 43.3mm diagonal sensor with 5.94 micron pixels, over 80% QE, and a full resolution of 6064×4040 pixels. The camera offers […]
The Orion ShortTube 80 EQ offers a multi-coated 80mm (3.1″) achromatic doublet lens with a short focal length of 400mm (f/5), which provides bright, crisp, wide-field views of star fields and deep-space objects. Aim it at the Moon and you’ll enjoy surface detail that floods the field of view. The […]
The TPO UltraWide 180 Astrophotography Lens & Guide Scope is among the smallest dedicated astrophotography telescopes on the market. Weighing in at less than a pound, the TPO UltraWide 180 offers a uniquely portable astrophotography telescope/lens. With a 180mm focal length and a fast f/4.5 focal ratio, this scope can […]
Free image data from the AG Optical Systems new observatory in northern Alabama is now available. The company has uploaded to DropBox initial data acquired over the past couple of months for NGC 3628 The Hamburger Galaxy, M65, and Markarian’s Chain. All of the data has been acquired using Voyager […]
The PrimaluceLab ECCO2 Dew Controller is an innovative, updated computerized dew controller providing automated dew heater management and has been designed for astrophotographers to provide smart dew control during long imaging sessions. The PrimaluceLab ECCO2 improves on the original model with the integration of temperature, humidity and pressure sensors. The […]
Late last year Atik Cameras announced the upcoming availability of the Atik Apx60 CMOS camera, the latest addition to Atik’s growing portfolio of CMOS sensor cameras. They have now announced the camera will be available later this year. According to Atik’s Amy Barton, “We can now confirm that production of […]