Telescopi Italiani has announced the availability of its TI35 f/3.5 Astrograph Telescope in a f/3.5 figuration. The TI 35 (350 mm of clear aperture) is based on the same Modified Harmer Wynne optical configuration as Telescopi Italiani’s TI35 f/5 system. The TI 35 offers a very compact, light-weight, high-end performance […]
Lunático Astronomía has released the Seletek Limpet, a new streamlined focuser controller that will drive most motors in the market and attach to most focusers. With a small 12V battery and a WiFi interface there are no cables coming out of the telescope. Offering the same functionality of other Lunático […]
Lunático Astronomia’s new Lunático Last Line of Defense Observatory (LLLOD) software is designed to be there, hidden, in your observatory computer, waiting to take action if anything goes wrong. In a nutshell, it will monitor certain elements, periodically, and take control of and close the observatory if the circumstances become […]
APT stands for “AstroPhotography Tool” and it is like Swiss army knife for your astro imaging sessions. No matter what you are imaging with – Canon EOS, Nikon, CCD or CMOS astro camera – the APT AstroPhotography Tool has the right tool for planning, collimating, aligning, focusing, framing, controlling/tethering, imaging, […]
The Second Annual David H. Levy Arizona Dark Sky Star Party (ADSSP) event will be held on May 20th – 24th 2020, featuring the legendary Comet Discoverer David H. Levy, as well as other prominent astronomers and astrophotographers. The event is located at Arizona’s Kartchner Caverns Dark Sky Park, a […]
Explore Scientific will be hosting an OpenGOTO Community Event focusing on the PMC-Eight Platform and Mount Systems on April 1, 2020 – one day before the North East Astro Imaging Conference (NEAIC 2020) and the North East Astronomy Forum (NEAF 2020) being held from April 2-5, 2020. This event will […]
Sirius Astro Products owner Bill Beers has announced that he is retiring and closing his astronomy products business. He will be selling out his remaining inventory until it is gone. Beers recently commented, “After 14 years of supplying our red screen products world-wide to our astronomy community, we will be […]
Pegasus Astro has introduced a new USB Control Hub for the astrophotography market. One of the unique features of the hub is that it is certified to work from −40°C to +85°C and offers electronics has been selected to support Industrial grade temperature ranges. The hub also has the ability […]
Backyard Observatories has announced they are building a new remote telescope hosting facility in Northern Ohio. The “NORTH” (Northern Ohio Remote Telescope Hosting) observatory complex will be ready to host telescopes later this year in Chatham Township, Medina County Ohio located on the edge of Amish country. Phase 1 will […]
The ‘swiss army knife’ of star diagonals, the Baader FlipMirror II Star Diagonal (BFM II) offers 3 adjustable configurable output ports and a high-quality flip mirror. Its multitude of adaptations give the imager and visual astronomer practically limitless ways to couple and operate multiple instruments, cameras, guiders, off axis guider, […]
Clearline Technology Corporation supports Meade LX200 owners by using modern materials, components, and processes to create replacement parts for the venerable Meade LX-200 telescope. Among its current lineup are the Motor Encoder Board – LX200 Classic/LXD650/LXD750; Calibration Tool for LX200 Motor Encoder Board; and a Boot-Up Emulator for the Meade […]
A new report by the market research company Global Info Research predicts that the global Amateur Telescope Market size is expected to gain market growth in the forecast period of 2020 to 2025, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8% in the forecast period of 2020 to 2025 […]