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Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Bob's Lightbridge Knobs
The latest innovation from Bob’s Knobs is a set of tool-free collimation knobs for Meade’s LightBridge telescopes.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Affordable Oculars
Two new eyepieces from SmartAstronomy offer wide, flat fields of view at comfortable prices.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Big Mak
Orion Telescopes & Binoculars adds to its Maksutov-Cassegrain line with a new 180-millimeter Mak.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Observing Wear
Thermal underwear from Scope Armor will keep you warm while observing in even the harshest conditions.
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!
It's Official: Eris Outweighs Pluto
By examining the orbit of Eris's moon, a team of researchers has concluded that Eris is significantly more massive than Pluto.
"Blue Moon" to Rise on May 31st
On Thursday, May 31st, a full Moon will rise for the second time this month (the first time was on May 2nd). Many people call the second full Moon in a calendar month a "blue Moon." Yet the definition is wrong!
Saturn Plays Hide and Seek
Planetary occultations are among nature's most majestic celestial scenes. One look at an image like this and it's easy to see why.
Even More Evidence for a Wet Mars
By looking at soil plowed up by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, geologists have some of the strongest evidence to date that ancient Mars was a wet place.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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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.
