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TS Photoline 60mm f/5.5 apo travel ‘scope
With its dewshield retracted and threaded 35mm tube extension removed, the 60mm aperture, 330mm focal length TSAPO60 refractor is just 23cm long. Its 2-inch push-fit drawtube rack-and-pinion focuser...
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TS-Optics Photoline 60mm, f/6 FPL53 apochromatic refractor
For casual terrestrial observations and quick looks at the Moon the TS PhotoLine 60mm, f/6 is quite at home on a sturdy photo tripod such as the author’s Manfrotto 055 shown here. Image: Ade Ashford. I...
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Telescope review: Unistellar’s eVscope, the next generation of telescope
At first glance the eVscope looks rather like a conventional reflector, but unlike a traditional optical telescope it uses an extremely sensitive electronic sensor at the focus of its 110mm, f/4...
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SharpStar D 150mm f/2.8 HNT: An imaging telescope with sharp vision
Sans camera but including anodised tube rings, carry handle and Vixen dovetail, the HNT’s optical tube tips the scales at a mere 5.3 kilograms, making it ideally suited to lighter imaging mounts such...
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Reviewed: OVNI-M FOM 2600 Night-vision eyepiece
Night-vision astronomy can massively improve the visual views of many deep-sky objects. No longer do you have to hunt around for ‘faint fuzzies’ – a small, military-grade night-vision eyepiece can...
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Raspberry Pi high quality camera
The Raspberry Pi High Quality camera. All images: Geoffrey Lenox-Smith. At a glance Sensor: Sony IMX477R CMOS colour Resolution: 12.3 megapixels, 4,056 × 3,040 Pixel size: 1.55μm × 1.55μm Sensor...
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Remote imaging with Telescope Live
The past few years have seen amazing changes in amateur astrophotography: the meteoric rise in popularity of relatively low-cost CMOS sensors; the unfortunate demise of the CCD sensor; and the huge...
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Futuristic astronomy: Vaonis Stellina ST80 observation station
The sleek Stellina, measuring 47 × 39 × 12cm, looks almost like a robot out of WALL-E. Image: Vaonis. As any student of telescope history will know, France has a long and distinguished tradition of...
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Reviewed: Tele Vue Apollo 11mm Commemorative eyepiece
The Apollo 11mm eyepiece comes in special gold and black packaging, with a message from Al Nagler, plus the eyepiece and a special commemorative medal. At a glance: Focal length: 11mm Apparent field of...
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StarAid revolution
The StarAid Revolution is just 77mm long (100mm when including Wi-Fi antenna). It’s currently the only solution for autonomous plug-and-play autoguiding with the ability to resume guiding after moving...
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Unistellar EVscope Equinox
The Unistellar eQuinox sports a new satin black and charcoal grey livery. The optical tube is permanently attached to the computerised single-arm fork mount as a single unit. Image: Unistellar. At a...
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TS-Optics Photoline 60mm, F/6 FPL53 APO refractor
For casual terrestrial observations and quick looks at the Moon the TS PhotoLine 60mm, f/6 is quite at home on a sturdy photo tripod such as the author’s Manfrotto 055 shown here. All images: Ade...
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Beating the LED streetlights: IDAS light-pollution suppression LPS-D2 filter
An IDAS LPS-D2 filter suitable for two-inch push-fit telescope camera accessories with an M48 × 0.75 connection thread. The filter has male and female threads on either side, hence it is stackable with...
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APM HDC-XWA 7mm, 100-Degree X-Treme Eyepiece, a real eyeful
The APM HDC-XWA 7mm, 100-degree X-treme eyepiece, installed on a small, rich-field 114mm, f/4 Newtonian telescope. All images: Steve Ringwood. The viewing provisions of an eyepiece are expressed in two...
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Celestron SkyMaster 25 × 100 binoculars
The Celestron SkyMaster 25 × 100 binoculars will be one of the largest binoculars that you will have used for astronomy, with 99mm apertures and weighing just shy of four kilograms. Image: Celestron....
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Choosing the best eyepiece for you
Choosing the best eyepiece for you I’m frequently surprised by how many astronomers agonise over the minutiae of their new telescope’s specification, only to use it with basic eyepieces (sometimes...
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Choosing and using a CMOS camera
The QHY 600 60MP full-frame 16-bit CMOS camera with a Sony IMX455 sensor. When digital astrophotography became feasible for amateurs at the turn of the century, the sensor of choice was a CCD...
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Binocular vision: Helios Lightquest HR 28 x 110
The Helios 28 × 110 Lightquest HR binoculars. It will come as no surprise to anyone that binocular users are just as prone to aperture fever as those who use telescopes – and for the same reasons....
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RVO Horizon 72mm ED: The future of refractors is on the Horizon
The Horizon 72mm ED, ready for action and with RVO’s 50mm guidescope attached. Note the generous dovetail bar to allow plenty of linear balancing potential. The testing mount is an iOptron CubePro. All...
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The Sky Imaging Edition Part 1: TPoint modelling
Figure 1: When setting up a pointing model in TPoint, you can choose the number of stars used via the Fewer Targets/More Targets slider shown at the bottom of the menu. The lower altitude limit of the...
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