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Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Different Dob?: Parks Astrolight AZ6 and AZ8 Reflectors
When is an altazimuth-mounted Newtonian telescope not a Dobsonian? When it’s a new Parks Astrolight AZ reflector.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Planetary Processing Power: RegiStax 4
No single item in recent memory has had more of an impact on planetary imaging than RegiStax, developed by Dutch amateur Cor Berrevoets. In October 2006 Berrevoets released his much-awaited RegiStax 4.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Little Shooter: Orion StarBlast Imaging System
You don’t have to break the bank to join the ranks of deep-sky astrophotographers with Orion’s StarBlast 4.5 Imaging System.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Learning from the Masters: Photoshop Tutorials
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
Imaging Doctor: CCDInspector
Amateurs seeking the best-possible images from their astrophotography setups should consider CCDInspector from CCDWare.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Learning from the Masters: Image Processing for Astrophotography
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
Convertible Refractors: Stellarvue 90-mm Apo Refractors
The SV90TBV fluorite triplet refractor from Stellarvue sports several features that help set it apart from the multitude of scopes recently entering the market.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Bright Idea: SureFire Kroma LED Flashlight
The new Kroma LED Flashlight from SureFire delivers two levels of dependable white light in addition to high and low levels of red and blue light.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Laid-Back Observing: Bigha StarSeeker
Even a quick glance tells you what the Bigha StarSeeker is all about. What it won’t tell you, however, is how well this motorized chair for binocular observing is engineered.
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
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
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
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
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
Portable Pier Lift
Pier-Tech now produces a heavy-duty portable telescope pier that’s perfect for star parties and observatories alike.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
SBIG for Macs
Now Macintosh users can fully utilize CCD cameras from Santa Barbara Instrument Group.
