Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Teeter's Telescopes Custom Dobsonian
Teeter's Telescopes unveils its latest custom Dobsonian telescope, the 16-inch f/4.5 TT/Stark (starting at $2,575 without optics).
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
iKon-XL Large-Format CCD Camera
Andor announces the iKon-XL, a large-format CCD camera ideally suited for large instruments.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Explore Scientific Carrying Case
Explore Scientific announces new soft-sided carrying cases for their telescopes.
Meteor Showers in 2016
Sky & Telescope predicts that the two best meteor showers in 2016 will be the Quadrantids in early January and the Perseids in mid-August.
What to See with Your New Telescope During 2015 Holidays
Thousands of telescopes are given and received as gifts during the holidays. But once you've assembled your new treasure, then what? Moon, stars, planets? The editors of Sky & Telescope magazine point the way.
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Breakthrough! Imaging history
Premier astro-imagers Robert Gendler and R. Jay GaBany team up in their latest work, Breakthrough!, which highlights 100 of the most relevant photographic images of astronomy.
Geminid Meteors Will Dazzle on December 13th and 14th
If it’s clear this coming Sunday and Monday nights, keep a lookout high overhead for the "shooting stars" of the Geminid meteor shower.
Participate in Hubble Exoplanet Collaboration
Take part in a collaborative project that will unite amateur and Hubble Space Telescope observations to better characterize nearby exoplanets.
Sky & Telescope Errata: 2016
Check here for a list of known errata in 2016 issues of Sky & Telescope. If you don't see the error you found, send us an e-mail and alert us.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Feather Touch 3.5-inch Dual Speed Focuser
This rack-and-pinion focuser adds additional stability and precision to the legendary Takahashi FSQ-106ED astrograph.
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Dovetail Camera Mount Quick Release Adapter
This piggyback bracket allows you to quickly reconfigure your telescope with secondary cameras, guide scopes, or other additional accessories.
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iPano Gigapixel Mount Head
This robotic camera platform (introductory price: $999) is designed to automate your ability to shoot extremely- large-scale panoramas.
The Kavli Foundation: Q&A on Earth-sized Exoplanet GJ1132b
A newfound alien world orbiting a small, nearby star could be one of the first exoplanets scientists get to investigate in detail. Three astrophysicists discuss the possibilities.
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Annals of the Deep Sky
The series promises to be the most up-to-date and comprehensive deep-sky observing guide available today.
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SCT Parallizer by Starlight Instruments
This accessory adapter is designed to attach to any telescope that uses an SCT-threaded interface.
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Tele Vue's DeLite Series Eyepieces
Tele Vue unveils its latest creation for the discerning observer: the new DeLite series eyepieces
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PixInsight, Part 3 (video tutorial)
Premier astrophotographers Warren Keller and Rogelio Bernal Andreo team up to bring you their latest video tutorial in the "Image Processing for Astrophotography" series.
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TT/Journey Dobsonian Telescope
This compact 11-inch Dobsonian is designed to be as light as possible, with adequate aperture to provide generous detail on the planets as well as many deep-sky targets.
Kavli Foundation Q&A: Searching for Alien Life with a "Super-Hubble" Space Telescope
Watch a Q&A with two astronomers on the promise of Hubble's successor telescope, courtesy of The Kavli Foundation. Scientists have unveiled a bold proposal for a giant new space-based telescope that would be far more powerful than today's observatories. Called the High Definition Space Telescope (HDST), the instrument is essentially…
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100-mm ED APO Large Format Binoculars
Lunt Engineering now offers big apochromatic binoculars — really big.
