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…
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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.…
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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/…
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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).…
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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.…
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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).…
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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.…
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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.…
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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.…
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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.…
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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!…
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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).…
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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.…
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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.…
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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.…
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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.…
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