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Galileoscope Telescopes & Solar Filters Available for August 2017 Solar Eclipse
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Galileoscope Telescopes & Solar Filters Available for August 2017 Solar Eclipse

To provide an affordable and safe way to view the upcoming August 2017 Solar Eclipse, the Galileoscope project is now offering Galileoscope telescope and optics kits bundled with ISO-certified safe solar filters from Rainbow Symphony. This combination is perfect for individuals, schools, clubs, libraries, museums, planetariums, and science centers. Bundles […]

Sky-Watcher Stargate Dobsonian
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Sky-Watcher Stargate Dobsonian

The Sky-Watcher Stargate Dobsonian telescopes offer serious aperture for those looking to sail farther into the depths of the cosmos in big deep-sky-gobbling apertures of 18 and 20 inches. For those stepping up from the 12-inch instruments, the 18-inch Stargate captures more than twice the light, and for those graduating […]

CFF Telescopes Apo Refractor Telescopes
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CFF Telescopes Apo Refractor Telescopes

CFF Telescopes Apo Refractor Telescopes Whether you are a resolute visual observer or dedicated astro-imager, refractor telescopes offer unique advantages. But, the physics of light being what they are, no single refractor is best at both pursuits, and given the understandable recent market focus on refractors for astrophotography, those of […]

Volume 11 Issue 4
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Volume 11 Issue 4

We are sad to announce that we have lost a long time astro-product innovator and a close friend of those of us in the magazine. We have been fortunate to work with Howie Glatter since the formation of the magazine over 10 years ago and he was always very kind […]

Image 2: Rendering of PlaneWave’s new CDK PW1000 one-meter observatory system.
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PlaneWave PW1000 One-Meter Observatory-Class Telescope

At first blush, the PlaneWave PW1000 may appear simply a scaled-up version of Planewave’s PW-700, but as the side-by-side comparison in Image 3 instantly reveals, the challenges associated with that increase in aperture are substantial. The PlaneWave PW1000 is a complete one-meter observatory-class telescope featuring a direct-drive altitude-azimuth (Alt-Az) mounting […]