Getting started in astrophotography can be daunting. With so many different telescopes, cameras, and mounts and all their variations, where do you start? The first piece of equipment you should ...
The schedule now calls for the commissioning camera to hit a “First Photon” milestone in mid-November, and for the LSST Camera to be placed onto the telescope mount assembly next February.
The world’s largest optical mirror was successfully installed on a support system prototype for the first time to validate ...
Computerized telescope mounts and plate-solving software make it easy to return to the same celestial location every night.
In this Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ deal the tripod and mount come pre-assembled, and you also get a 10mm and 20mm eyepiece, a StarPointer red dot finderscope and free Starry Night astronomy software.
This latest milestone also follows the August 2024 start of the Giant Magellan's 39-meter-tall telescope mount structure assembly at Ingersoll Machine Tools in Rockford, Illinois, which will ...
The first piece of equipment you should choose is a mount, the mechanical base that the telescope attaches to. For ...