Star-Party Aid
FAR Laboratories introduces the Look Here Device to aid first-timers with finding a telescope’s eyepiece in the dark.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
A Fresh Start
This new computer is ready for the latest astro software.
Planet Imager
The Imaging Source offers the DMK series of high-speed, low-noise webcams ideal for capturing the best pictures of our solar system.
Big Cat
Vixen Optics now produces the VMC260L, a 260-millimeter (10¼-inch) Cassegrain tube assembly ideal for high-magnification observing and photography.
The New "Q"
Takahashi is now producing the long-awaited successor to its most popular astrograph.
Modular Oculars
Baader Planetarium's new Hyperion 68° Modular Eyepieces offer a new level of versatility for photographic and visual use.
A Root of Amateur Astronomy Unearthed
Russell W. Porter, the founder of amateur telescope making in America, was still virtually unknown when he built a 16-inch reflector for his home on the Maine coast.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
S&T Test Report: A Triple-Digit Field of View
S&T: Dennis di Cicco Tele Vue's 13-mm Ethos eyepiece, with a 100° apparent field of view, is poised to revolutionize deep-sky observing, as the first Nagler eyepiece did 26 years ago. Inside the October 2007 issue of Sky & Telescope. On newsstands September 4th!
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Google's Star Map Has Arrived
Google Earth just got cooler, again!
Stellafane Auction Begins
A spirited bidding war is now under way for two precious artifacts: a prototype 13-mm Nagler eyepiece and Steve O'Meara's Tele Vue Genesis refractor.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Google Earth @ Night
Light pollution has never been so fun to explore.
Bob's Lightbridge Knobs
The latest innovation from Bob’s Knobs is a set of tool-free collimation knobs for Meade’s LightBridge telescopes.
Big Mak
Orion Telescopes & Binoculars adds to its Maksutov-Cassegrain line with a new 180-millimeter Mak.
Master Meade's AutoStar
Pick up new tricks and become an AutoStar master with MaxFactory’s new Stars at a Click: Master AutoStar CD-ROM.
Observing Wear
Thermal underwear from Scope Armor will keep you warm while observing in even the harshest conditions.
Affordable Oculars
Two new eyepieces from SmartAstronomy offer wide, flat fields of view at comfortable prices.
Fast RC Series
RC Optical Systems announces a new series of fast, affordable Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes that can fully illuminate the biggest imaging detectors on the market today.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
S&T Test Report: A Modernized Classic
S&T: Gary Seronik Parks Optical combines a newly designed altazimuth mount with tried-and-true Newtonian optics. Inside the August issue of Sky & Telescope. On newsstands June 26th!
A "Starfish" is Born
While big telescopes were certainly attracting lots of attention at last month's RTMC Astronomy Expo in California, a little camera from Fishcamp Engineering was equally exciting to many astrophotographers.
