How to choose a telescope
We hear this question frequently from our customers:
“This will be my first telescope, but there are so many to choose from, so I would need some advise about how to choose a telescope…”
Then I would ask couple of questions to make sure we go into the correct direction… The question, “what sort of budget you have” or “how much were you planning to spend” might be not that easy to answer, once you know that some telescopes might not serve you as well as others for a certain purpose…, never-the-less it’ll give me an idea about what types of telescopes to discuss with you…
Another important question is whether you want to do any astro photography or not.…
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Solar Eclipse 20 March 2015
Customers started buying accessories for the eclipse many months ago and around the 10 March we were convinced that this will calm down now and we have some rest finally to be able to prepare for the eclipse well…
It was not meant to be… Actually the very opposite happened.…
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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).…
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How to put together a medium value telescope package for a beginner amateur astronomer
This article came together when I helped one of our customers to answer the question of how to put together a medium value telescope package for him who was a beginner amateur astronomer.…
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365Astronomy attended the 1st North West Astronomy Festival in Runcorn on the weekend of 26-27 October 2013.
The 1st NW Astrofest took place at the Knowledge Observatory in Runcorn near Liverpool. Others attending included Astronomia and APM Telescopes. The atmosphere was friendly and relaxed and the event was well organised.…
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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).…
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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. …
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Celestron Starsense Accessory for Celestron Nexstar 6SE telescope
We are expecting the first delivery of the Starsense Accessory into the UK very shortly, although unfortunately it’ll be enough only to fulfill the first wave of orders… Never-the-less it marks the start of a new era in astronomy for many Celestron computerised mount users and also gives hope that very soon the Starsense Accessory will become a stock item.…
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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.…
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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.…
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Polar Alignment of Fornax 10 LighTrack Mobile Tracking Mount
The Fornax 10 LighTrack is one of the best tracking telescope mounts available on the market
Recently, we received an email from a customer who purchased a Fornax 10 tracking mount, who had difficulties with taking images without star trails.…
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Medium format G3 CCD cameras
Medium Format G3 CCD Cameras for Astrophotography and Scientific Applications from Moravian Instruments – Made in Europe
The Moravian Instruments Medium Format G3 CCD cameras can be equipped with CCD detectors up to 24 × 36 mm.…
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The 365Telescopes blog has been setup by 365Astronomy with an aim of providing additional information and support for our customers and other interested parties who have common interest in mainly observation, imaging and scientific research of stars, planets, deep sky objects, the Sun and the Moon and obviously the instruments, used for the above, so this is meant to be a real telescopes and astronomy blog.…
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SUBMIT YOUR REVIEW FOR A VOUCHER
(rules have been amended on 6 Oct 2013: deadline extended)
We have now this blog plus two more blogs about microscopes and telescopes as well:
http://www.365binoculars.com
http://www.365microscopes.com
We know there is not much information there yet, but the plan is to submit our own reviews, probably 2-4 per month or so, plus from 1 Oct until 31 Dec 2013 we will be giving away £10 and £20 vouchers for submitted reviews…
Conditions:
1.…
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Large format G4 CCD cameras
Moravian Instruments G4 CCD cameras are capable of using large CCD detectors with 37 × 37 mm area, which is 50% more than the area of a classical film frame. Precisely regulated cooling keeps the CCD at constant temperature, which allows high quality image calibration.…
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