Orion replaces their popular 4.5-inch AstroBlast beginner telescope with the SkyScanner BL102. Is it a worthy successor? For many years, I and many others...
I put the 45-megapixel Canon R5 mirrorless camera through its paces for astrophotography. A high-resolution (in this case 45-megapixel) stock camera doesn’t seem like...
For imaging nebulae, the combination of a monochrome camera and narrowband filters can create truly breathtaking results. Nebulae are composed of a number of...
Most deep sky imagers need to guide their mounts for long-exposure imaging. Large telescopes with long focal lengths and fine image scale are especially...
Periodic collimation is critical for the best optical performance. But clear nights are for observing, while telescope maintenance is a cloudy night activity. Unfortunately,...
While best known for their line of giant binoculars, Ohio-based Oberwerk (who used to be called BigBinoculars.com) also offers more modest aperture binoculars that...