Telescopes

First Light with Daystar Gemini Quark

I have visually observed and imaged the Sun for over 50 years, most of that in White Light with full aperture Solar filters. About 10 years ago I started imaging in Halpha something made possible by Coronado bringing out the PST.… Read more »

How to assemble a ZWO ASI6200MM-PRO, 2″ EFW and M68 OAG

In this article you will learn how to connect a ZWO ASI6200MM Pro, a ZWO 2″ EFW and ZWO M68 OAG to get the best back focus length of 55mm. All these parts can be purchased from 365Astronomy or their dealer network.… Read more »

Review of TS APO65Q f/6.5 Quadruplet Astrograph

I have recently tested a TS APO65Q 65mm Flatfield Astrograph, thanks to Zoltan at 365 Astronomy.  I’ve previously had a little experience of a Doublet Refractor (Achromatic) of a similar size, but was interested to test this Scope as it is built with 4 elements, being a Triplet Apochromatic Refractor with a built in Field Flattener which makes it a Quadruplet.… Read more »

Skychart-Now

High quality prints of infographic posters. The Sun and the planets of our solar system + MOON! Zoltan’s friend Peter Vizi from Hungary came up with this idea that we would be happy to share with you here… The Astro infographic project has the ultimate goal of getting the people closer to astronomy in a social way.… Read more »

How to Collimate an RC – the Williamson Method

Many of you, Ritchey-Chretien owners would confirm that aligning an RC is not always the biggest fun. One of our customers. Peter Williamson provided a great and comparatively simple method to align an RC. He used it on an 8″ RC, but read on and you will see that he also added few notes for larger RCs… “Hi Lads, As you have all pointed out, collimating the cheaper RCs, with the focuser attached to the Primary mirror cell, ain`t easy.… Read more »

Eagle3 Advanced

CABLE GUYNow that you have integrated your Eagle3 with your rig as a physical mounting component and tested it a few times, it is a very good idea to check all the fixings for movement and especially check and tighten any bolts, nuts, screws etc which can easily settle and wriggle loose.If you haven’t tackled it yet, after this initial succesful testing phase is proved satisfactory then sensible cable management may take place.… Read more »

Daystar Solar Scout 60mm Double Stack Solar Telescope

Daystar Solar Scout 60mm Double Stack Solar Telescope A Review by John an Adviser at 365 Astronomy Recently 365 Astronomy started selling the new Daystar Solar Scout 60mm Double-Stack H-Alpha Solar Telescope, this is a short review after testing the four units that we had in stock.… Read more »

Optolong and ZWO Filters Transmission Report

I’ve come up with this test report of Optolong and ZWO filters not only because we are the main Optolong importers and ZWO distributor in the UK, but because I myself also wanted to see what we sell and whether we should expect any problems, which is of course very important if one wanted happy customers… It was also a response to an article I read on the Cloudy Nights forum: https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/602155-testing-optolong-and-baader-narrow-band-ha-sii-filter/ As you will see this is not a quantitative report, but it will show the tendency and that Optolong and ZWO had good intentions and made positive improvements and that it is safe to buy their filters that were manufactured comparatively recently (i.e.… Read more »

Configuring the Eagle3

BOLTING ALONGThe Eagle3 meets many astro imager’s needs and it is very simple to assemble and configure. In very little time I’d worked out a suitable manner of securing the Eagle3 (in my case simply using two of the supplied bolts and fixing from underneath my carry-handle).… Read more »

PrimaLuceLab Eagle3

The Eagle3 is now available from 365Astronomy and we wanted to tell you more about what it is like to use this innovative new astrophotography computer. At first glance you will see a box with power ports and perhaps notice the Wi Fi aerials but look closer and you will see it is made solidly from metal and has many threaded fixing holes on the top and bottom.… Read more »

A Comparative Review of TeleVue Nagler, Delite and Delos short Focal-Length Eyepieces

Review by Steve Miles, in association with ‘365Astronomy’ 18/01/2019 Preamble Having owned and used most of the popular amateur telescope types, in varying f-ratios and apertures, I have ended up following a now well-trodden path back to using refractors (though not to the exclusion of the others, all of which of course have their uses).… Read more »

Professional Optics Cleaning with Photonic Red First Contact Polymer – p2

Professional Optics Cleaning with Photonic Red First Contact Polymer – Part 2 In this article we’ll show images related to a cleaning of a really large (in amateur terms) primary mirror of a 18″ Newtonian telescope, a Skywatcher Stargate-450P GOTO telescope.… Read more »

Professional Optics Cleaning with Photonic Red First Contact Polymer

Professional Optics Cleaning with Photonic Red First Contact Polymer We’ve been selling Photonic Red First Contact Polymer sets for several years now and had some great opportunities to use this professional optics cleaning product on many occasions. A high pressure air duster (like the range we sell from Green Clean) might do a job with new (newish) optics, but over time, salt, dust and larger particles (fiber) might build up, in which case an air duster might not offer a good enough solution.… Read more »

Cosmic Watch App

The Cosmic Watch App is a visually stunning treat on your mobile phone or tablet. For this review I ran it on my Apple IPad tablet where the large 10” screen really did justice to the high resolution graphics on display.… Read more »

STARFRAME DUO Computer Controlled Imaging Flip Mirror for Dual Remote Camera Application

STARFRAME DUO Computer Controlled Imaging Flip Mirror for Dual Remote Camera Application   You might have noticed on our website recently the appearance of these two new products, not available anywhere else… although we are considering the distributor of it via our dealer network in the UK.… Read more »

Celestron Skyportal and EAGLE CORE for Celestron Mounts

Celestron Skyportal (SkyQ Link 2) and Primaluce Lab EAGLE CORE for Celestron Mounts With Celestron’s SkyPortal device (formerly known as SkyQ Link 2), connected to the Italian Primaluce Lab’s EAGLE CORE, you can control many Celestron mounts using the SkyPortal or SkySafary planetarium app, you can start autoguiding and capturing with a DSLR camera using EAGLE OS software, in order to easily perform astrophotography via WiFi from any iOS or Android smartphone or tablet!… Read more »