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Celestron NexStar Evolution 9.25 review

25 February 2015 Ade Ashford

Celestron, a leading manufacturer of Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes, recently added the WiFi-enabled Evolution series to its computerised NexStar range. Targeted at intermediate-level users, we took the flagship Evolution 9.25 model through its paces and admired its futuristic vision of telescope control.

20mm Lightwave Hyper-wide 100-degree eyepiece

3 February 2015 Steve Ringwood

Altair Astro’s Lightwave range now includes a multi-coated, 9-element 20mm eyepiece with an incredible 100° apparent field for truly immersive wide-angle views.

ASA reducer/corrector for Newtonians

24 January 2015 Steve Ringwood

With this lens from ASA (Astro Systeme Austria) you can make rich-field Newtonian telescope even richer, whilst correcting aberrations, for stunning wide-field views or shorter exposures while astroimaging.

Baader Nano Tracker

17 January 2015 Steve Ringwood

Would you like to photograph Comet Lovejoy but don’t have a driven telescope mount? Now you can capture long-exposure wide-angle scenes with a DSLR camera using Baader’s diminutive yet fully-featured Nano Tracker.

Something nice for the wall

31 December 2014 Steve Ringwood

Do you feel that your current decor is a little drab? If so, give you room an out-of-this-world makeover with an astronomically-themed wallpaper mural!

Celestron StarSense AutoAlign receives update

10 November 2014 Ade Ashford

StarSense AutoAlign beta firmware 1.12.14310 brings the much anticipated All-Star Polar Align (ASPA) feature to Celestron German equatorial mounts.

Explore Scientific high resolution coma corrector

4 November 2014 Steve Ringwood

This Explore Scientific high resolution coma corrector is suitable for both visual and photographic use.

Intelligent alignment: Celestron’s StarSense AutoAlign

10 October 2014 Steve Ringwood

Enter the StarSense AutoAlign: a device that replaces your eye and the often inexact judgement of the glutinous mass behind it.

Telescope grooming kit: Orion six-piece optics cleaning pack

6 October 2014 Steve Ringwood

Cleaning optics should always be approached as a careful, precise, military-style operation; this corralled armoury includes cleaning fluid, dust removal brush, a VariAir 200 compressed air unit, lens tissues and cotton swabs.

Vixen BT-ED70S-A 70mm binoculars

2 October 2014 Steve Ringwood

These new ED binoculars from Vixen, a particular affinity to their telescopic cousins is by virtue of the freedom of available magnification, since the choice of 31.7mm fitting eyepieces is left to the user.