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Autoguiding Interface
Keeping pace with modern technology, Shoestring Astronomy now produces a series of adapters to connect your computer to your telescope mount.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Phobos Transits Mars
ESA/Osiris Team In late February the European Rosetta probe, on its way to a rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, flew past Mars. In order to reach the meeting point with the right velocity, Rosetta slung itself around the Red Planet, skimming a mere 250 kilometers (155 miles) above the…
SBIG for Macs
Now Macintosh users can fully utilize CCD cameras from Santa Barbara Instrument Group.
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
S&T Test Report: Apogee's Alta U9000 CCD Camera
S&T: Lauren Darby The first astronomical camera with Kodak's next generation of large-format CCDs shows that there's more to be excited about than just size. Inside the June issue of Sky & Telescope. On newsstands May 1st!
Observing POD
Get the wind protection of a dome without the need to motorize rotation with SkyShed Observatories’ new POD.
Utah Park Earns "Dark Sky" Status
Southeastern Utah's Natural Bridges National Monument has long been known for its breathtakingly dark nighttime skies. And now that reputation — along with some improved park lighting — has earned Natural Bridges recognition as the world's first International Dark-Sky Park.
Meade's mySky
Coming soon from Meade Instruments is mySky, a personal observing assistant that identifies more than 30,000 celestial objects.
"Go To" Retrofit
Eclipse Telescopes now offers the Gotostar retrofit kit to computerize any Eclipse Telescopes German equatorial mount.
Solar Filters
My Solar-Spotters are white-light solar filters contained in foam-lined boxes that serve as both storage cases and integral components of the safety mechanism.
Super Planetary Telescope
From Lazzarotti Optics comes the Gladio series: tubeless, long-focal-length reflectors designed with solar-system imagers in mind.
