SUNSET: 
Spanning the Spectrum
Check out this new, highly versatile spectrograph that operates visually and photographically.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
First look: Backyard Observatories, FAR Laboratories, and more at NEAF
More gadgets you might have missed at the Northeast Astronomy Forum.
Choosing Your Astronomy Equipment
Binoculars vs. Starblast, Redux
How do 15x70 binoculars hold up against a genuinely inexpensive telescope?
First Look: Meade's MySky, 20-inch RCX
At the Northeast Astronomy Forum, Meade unveiled a working prototype of their portable planetarium, mySKY. Read our first look now.
First Look: Handcrafted Wooden Dobs
A prize-winning amateur telescope maker goes professional.
First Look: Tele Vue Ethos and New Astro-Physics Refractors
During the next week, we'll be highlighting some interesting telescopes, gadgets, and useful accessories that caught our eye at the Northeast Astronomy Forum & Telescope Show. Check back often for more updates.
Choosing Your Astronomy Equipment
Binoculars Part III: One Eye Versus Two
Binoculars are qualitatively different from telescopes with identical aperture.
Choosing Your Astronomy Equipment
Three Binoculars: Part II
Binoculars' strengths and weaknesses are intimately connected.
Choosing Your Astronomy Equipment
A Tale of Three Binoculars: Part I
There's a big difference between 10x50 and 15x70 binoculars.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Finding Your Way: Celestron SkyScout
Celestron's SkyScout, named a Hot Product for 2007 by the editors of Sky & Telescope, generates excitement in everyone who tries it.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Bigger, Better, Cheaper: New Kodak Chips
In the world of high-end astrophotography, the biggest news this year originates with Kodak. Its new large-format KAF-09000 and KAF-16803 CCDs offer outstanding features for astronomical use, but size is only one of them.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Small Wonder: Astro-Tech 1¼-inch Diagonal
Astronomy Technologies has incorporated most of the latest features found on premium 2-inch diagonals in a classic 1¼-inch design.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Faster Imaging for DSLRs: Starizona’s HyperStar M14
The new HyperStar M14 from Starizona transforms Meade 14-inch LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes into superfast f/2 astrographs for DSLR cameras.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Learning from the Masters: Zone System for Astro Imaging
Teaching specialized Photoshop techniques for astronomical imaging has become a cottage industry. This year alone we found five offerings worthy of mention.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Optimized for Astrophotography: Tele Vue “IS” Astrographs
Among the most highly rated apochromatic telescopes we’ve ever tested, the Tele Vue Nagler-Petzval line has been reengineered for astrophotography.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
For the Road: LightBridge Dobsonians
Although the truss-tube Dobsonian was introduced to amateur telescope makers 25 years ago, the design has rarely been used in anything but costly premium instruments in the world of commercial telescopes. That is until now.
Autoguiding Interface
Keeping pace with modern technology, Shoestring Astronomy now produces a series of adapters to connect your computer to your telescope mount.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Cadillac of Finders: Stellarvue F50 and F80 Finders
While Go To telescopes may have reduced the importance of optical finders, they haven’t stopped Stellarvue from developing a line of premium models that are more closely related to small telescopes than they are to their namesakes from the past.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Cruise the Planets: Burgess Optical/TMB Planetary Eyepieces
In recent years a handful of specialized planetary eyepieces have entered the market, but what sets the new Burgess Optical/TMB models apart from others is price.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Learning from the Masters: A Guide to Astrophotgraphy With DSLR Cameras
Teaching specialized Photoshop techniques for astronomical imaging has become a cottage industry. This year alone we found five offerings worthy of mention.
