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Category Archives: Astro Photography
PrimaLuceLab Eagle3
February 3rd, 2019 – 9:16 am
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 »
Professional Optics Cleaning with Photonic Red First Contact Polymer – p2
February 2nd, 2019 – 6:54 pm
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
January 7th, 2019 – 9:13 am
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
September 21st, 2017 – 10:36 am
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
September 14th, 2017 – 11:52 am
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
May 11th, 2017 – 11:19 am
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 »
Fornax Mounts in Chile – Fornax 200 Installation
August 6th, 2016 – 11:37 am
Fornax Mounts in Chile – Fornax 200 Installation
Zoltan at 365astronomy got hold of some images of Fornax Mounts staff installing their latest (and so far largest) telescope mount, a Fornax 200.
(365Astronomy is proud to be the official UK distributor of Fornax Mounts…)
The Fornax 200 mount has been specifically designed and developed for this project and is part of the HAT Project (Hungarian Automated Telescope Project).… Read more »
Comparison of 4 different planetary cameras using a Celestron EDGE HD8 on an Advanced VX mount for the moon and Jupiter.
November 26th, 2015 – 3:27 pm
Comparison of 4 different planetary cameras using a Celestron EDGE HD8 on an Advanced VX mount for the moon and Jupiter.
Introduction
A comparison of 4 different planetary cameras using a Celestron EDGE HD8 on an Advanced VX mount for the moon and Jupiter is provided in this article.… Read more »
ZWO at the Forefront of Technological Development
September 23rd, 2015 – 9:40 am
ZWO at the Forefront of Technological Development
There have been some recent new additions to the ZWO family of cameras. This highlights ZWO at the forefront of technological development in planetary imaging. Planetary imaging (including the moon and the sun) provides a good introduction to the art of astrophotography.… Read more »
Fornax 10 LighTrack Mark II Mobile Tracking Mount
September 4th, 2015 – 12:16 pm
The Fornax 10 LighTrack Mark II Mobile Tracking Mount is – as the title suggests – a mobile tracking mount for astrophotography that can carry a large dSLR with a telephoto lens or even a small telescope up to the recommended 5 kg payload.… Read more »
An Introduction to Astrophotography
April 6th, 2015 – 11:03 am
An Introduction to Astrophotography is an article that provides an introduction to the points that should be considered when starting out on astrophotography. Different set-ups are required for the solar system than for deep sky objects (DSOs). Our solar system contains bright objects such as the moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Mars that reflect sunlight.… Read more »
ZWO ASI CMOS Cameras and Accessories
January 23rd, 2014 – 1:07 am
We are being frequently asked about ZWO ASI CMOS cameras and accessories, so here is a quick overview of these popular products.
We can supply the whole range of ZWO cameras and accessories from UK stock now.
The ZWO ASI 120MC colour, ASI 120MM monochrome and the lates USB-3.0 versions, ZWO ASI120MC-S and ZWO ASI120MM-S are our bestsellers, but we also sell the ASI 130MM monochrome that comes with a slightly bigger sensor (its field of view is equivalent to a 9mm eyepiece).… Read more »
Celestron at the Cutting Edge of Astrophotography
January 22nd, 2014 – 5:32 pm
Celestron at the cutting edge of astrophotography
On 7 January 2013, Celestron announced the introduction of a new range of telescopes specifically designed for astrophotography. This included the new Advanced VX mount and the EDGE HD range of Schmidt-Cassegrain optical tubes (SCT).… Read more »
Review of Various Eyepieces for a Binoviewer
November 5th, 2013 – 5:43 pm
This “Review of Various Eyepieces for a Binoviewer” has been kindly written by one of our customers who needed a pair of eyepieces for his binoviewer, but wanted to try them before his final decision.
We agreed to supply the eyepieces and in return he has written an unbiased review of some of our eyepieces. … Read more »
Starting in Astro Photography
October 17th, 2013 – 11:24 pm
Starting in Astro Photography
by Zoltan Trenovszki, 365Astronomy
I’ve written this article in response to a question from one of our kind customers, Gareth T.
My reply email has grown into such a size that I’ve decided to publish it for the benefit of the public.… Read more »
How to deal with Newton’s rings in CMOS imaging?
October 8th, 2013 – 12:26 am
Whilst I cannot say that I’ve done a very in-depth research on the subject, I’ll try to provide some sort of guidance and advice about how to deal with Newton’s rings in CMOS imaging.
Newton’s rings are generally accepted as an interference phenomenon, appearing on surfaces where the light is being reflected from two nearly parallel surfaces (i.e.… Read more »