Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars — and anything else that requires long exposures — is within your reach with Orion Telescope & Binoculars new StarShoot Deep Space Color Imager II.
Lightbridge Knobs
The Astronomy-Shoppe now offers the Meade Rescue Kit — a hardware upgrade for the collimation adjustments on Meade's LightBridge Dobsonian telescopes.
Canon DSLR Filters
If you own a Canon digital SLRcamera, you’ll soon be able to protect its sensor from dust during long exposures with Astronomik’s new EOS Filter Clip System.
Affordable Narrowband
Baader Planetarium, long a source of premium astronomy accessories, now expands its line of imaging filters to include a set of four narrowband filters.
Portable Tracking
Orion Telescopes & Binoculars now offers the TeleTrack, an ultra-portable mount built for small telescopes and cameras with telephoto lenses.
Smart Eyepieces
Smart Astronomy has introduced an affordable line of high-power eyepieces.
Omega Optical Launches Astrofilters Website
Filter manufacturer Omega Optical, a supplier of filters to NASA, has entered the consumer market. They are now offering filters to the amateur astronomy community.
SkyScout is Hot Stuff!
It comes as little surprise that Celestron's SkyScout, the unique hand-held device that identifies any naked-eye celestial object centered in its sighting tube, is flying off the shelves this holiday season.
Laid-Back Astronomy
Binoculars are one of the best ways to explore the starry night sky. The StarSeeker, a motorized observing chair from Bigha, offers an incredibly comfortable way to scan the heavens with two eyes.
RegiStax 4 Released
One of the most popular software tools for planetary astrophotographers was just given a major upgrade.
Make Way for the LightBridge
Finally a mass-produced Dobsonian telescope with a truss-tube design — until now a feature found only on homemade and premium-priced commercial instruments.
SkyScout Hits the Street
The first production models of Celestron's SkyScout began shipping in July, and we had one in time to begin our testing late last month. Here's our first impression.