Star Workshop 2007 examines latest trends in small alt-az telescope engineering and development, and scientific research and undergraduate education; a look at integrating video cameras; the Vixen VC200L; a weekend Dob base project; a banner month for astronomy events; Starizona’s MicroTouch Autofocus; and upgrading to a ServoCat Track and Go-To […]

Tom Osypowski of Equatorial Platforms and his 50 years as an equipment junky; a fresh look at William Optics’ ZenithStar 110 Triplet Apo; an imaging enthusiast’s take on Meade’s Series 5000 ED 80 Apo; astrophotography with a Dob and Round Table’s equatorial platform; building an ATM 80-mm finder/rich-field scope with […]

An inside look at the SkyShed POD and its developer, Wayne Parker, plus a review of the POD; the Meade 16-inch Lightbridge; Tele Vue’s “is” imaging systems; Glatter Collimation’s new BLUG; an ATM project adding Orion’s Intelliscope system to Meade Lightbridge; new takes on the Rosin Hyperboloidal Astrograph; NEAF 2007; […]

Our inaugural issue! Articles include OPT’s Pentax line of imaging optimized Apos; Starizona’s HyperStar ultra-fast imaging system; the William Optics 66-mm ZenithStar “Patriot” Apo; Tele Vue’s T4 Nagler; two unique ATM projects – an equatorial fork mounted Newtonian and a wood hemispherical Dobsonian; a simple Newtonian tube rotation solution; a […]