Simulation Curriculum’s SkyFi 3 offer big performance in a small package. The SkyFi 3 WiFi-to-Serial adapter is designed for wireless telescope control, so if you have a computer-controlled Go-To telescope, SkyFi can use the WiFi capabilities built into your Mac, PC, Android Phone, iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to point […]
Vintage SBIG ST Astronomy Camera Review: Over the years, I have been amazed when reading magazine advertisements for astronomical cameras. The year-to-year advances in the quantity, quality, sophistication and automation of available options have been astounding. But, so have increases in overall prices. Yes, there are affordable cameras capable […]
TTS-160 Panther Mount Review: Sometimes you just want to do visual and have it as easy as possible. Maybe you’ve had a hard day at the office, or your back’s aching from when you bent over to pick up the dog, or perhaps you just want to see the texture […]
1: Oberwerk 6.5×32 LW Binoculars – Accommodating Wide-Ranging IPDs Image 1 is a photo of six-year-old Spencer Hobbe, and Spencer is the primary reason I now carry Oberwerk’s 6.5×32-mm LW binoculars. The little 6.5x32s deliver the widest interpupillary distances of Oberwerk’s extensive product lines – 51 to 74 mm. It […]
The Skynet Robotic Telescope Network offers the Skynet University introductory-level undergraduate observing course Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place In Space! available to anyone who wants to try their hand at using its global network of robotic telescopes, through its Skynet University program. The Skynet Robotic Telescope Network recently opened its […]
Recognizing the growing demand for an accurate and stable equatorial mount with the versatility to carry larger instruments and more complex imaging arrays, iOptron has extended its revolutionary center-balance design to the greater-than-100-pound-payload class with the iOptron CEM 120. iOptron’s unique “center balance” design yields stability, accuracy and smooth mechanical […]
The Atik Horizon was Atik Camera’s first foray into offering cameras with CMOS sensors. The Atik Horizon offers the same high quality craftmanship offered throughout the Atik product line and combines exceptionally low read noise with high read speeds and a high megapixel count, all at an affordable price. According […]
APM MS ED Binoculars: Yes, it’s hot during the day during the Summer, but that makes it one of the best times to get out, enjoy the cooler evenings and see what the nighttime skies have to offer. And sometimes you want to grab and go without lugging around a […]
Baader UFC – Universal Filter Changer Review: What do you get if you cross an Erector Set with some giant metal washers, a plethora of variously-sized openings, a filter tray that slots in like a clip in a Glock, and, well, all sorts of other stuff? The Baader Universal Filter […]
While 2018 is almost halfway over, there are still plenty of cool celestial events to watch during the rest of the year. While 2018 is almost halfway over, there are still plenty of cool celestial events to watch during the rest of the year. One of the biggest is Mars […]
Viewers of the new original Netflix series Altered Carbon are given a glimpse into a future where humans can transfer their minds from body to body, and a rebel is brought back to life to solve a twisted, high-stakes murder case. Based on an award-winning Altered Carbon cyberpunk novel by […]
Every year since 1997, the Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Salzkammergut astronomy club in Austria has published the CCD Guide in DVD format, which assists astrophotographers in planning their imaging projects. Besides a huge number of reference images, the CCD-Guide contains software to find images, to view images and to obtain all necessary […]