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
Building a Better Bino Adapter: FAR-Sight
If you think there isn’t much room for improving the classic adapter for mounting binoculars to camera tripods, then you must not be one of the people at Farpoint Astronomical Research. These clever individuals have recently introduced the FAR-Sight, a stainless-steel, quick-release mounting system for most binoculars having a standard ¼-20 threaded socket.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
When Old is New: Pentax 100 SDUF II
Pentax has long been a source of quality telescopes and astrophotography equipment for Japanese amateurs. Now, thanks to the efforts of the folks at Oceanside Photo & Telescope (a.k.a. OPT), the Pentax line is coming to America.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Lightweight Heavyweight: Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO Mount
In the 21st century, a German equatorial mount with Go To technology might seem rather ordinary. But when “Astro-Physics” appears on the nameplate, lots of people, especially advanced astrophotographers, take notice.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Filtering the Skyglow
Omega Optical, a supplier of filters for the Hubble Space Telescope and the Mars Exploration Rovers, has entered the consumer market.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Pocket Full of Stars: Pocket Sky Atlas
The Pocket Sky Atlas has quickly become the atlas of choice whenever one of us is headed outside for naked-eye or binocular observing.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Forget the Exotics: Tele Vue’s Paracorr for SBIG’s STL-Series Cameras
Thanks to Tele Vue the ideal telescope to cover the 35-mm-size chip in SBIG’s flagship STL-11000 CCD camera may be no further away than the venerable Newtonian reflector.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Apo Fever Relief: TMB-130 Signature Series Apo Refractor
If you’re looking for a moderate-aperture apochromat, consider the new arrival from TMB’s Signature Series, the TMB-130.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Learning from the Masters: Making Every Pixel Count
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
Learning from the Masters: Photoshop Astronomy
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
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.
