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Celestron SkyMaster 25 × 100 binoculars

1 April 2022 Ade Ashford

These behemoth binoculars are the largest in Celestron’s SkyMaster range, but are they the ultimate for astronomical and terrestrial use? Ade Ashford finds out.

APM HDC-XWA 7mm, 100-Degree X-Treme Eyepiece, a real eyeful

25 March 2022 Steve Ringwood

Steve Ringwood got his hands on APM’s new HDC-XWA 7mm, 100-degree X-treme eyepiece, and found out how its large field of view and powers of magnification fill an important gap.

Beating the LED streetlights: IDAS light-pollution suppression LPS-D2 filter

18 March 2022 Ade Ashford

The LPS-D2 filter is the world’s first filter designed specifically to combat LED light pollution. Ade Ashford took a close look at the data to see how effective it will be.

StarAid revolution

11 March 2022 Ade Ashford

This year sees the launch of new astrophotographic technologies spearheaded by StarAid, an eyepiece-sized autonomous autoguider, easy polar-alignment tool and platesolver. How does it work? Impressively, writes Ade Ashford.

Reviewed: Tele Vue Apollo 11mm Commemorative eyepiece

8 March 2022 Astronomy Now

As a huge fan of Tele Vue’s eyepieces, Richard Deighton couldn’t wait to get his hands on their new commemorative Apollo 11mm eyepiece, but despite its exclusive nature, does he find it stacks up as well as Tele Vue’s other wide-angle eyepieces?

Futuristic astronomy: Vaonis Stellina ST80 observation station

4 March 2022 Ade Ashford

Do you wish to capture deep-sky images from your back garden without the steep learning curve of traditional astrophotography? Stellina may be all you need, writes Ade Ashford.

Remote imaging with Telescope Live

1 March 2022 Astronomy Now

Fed up with cloudy nights spoiling your astro-imaging fun? Nik Szymanek gives the lowdown on the Telescope Live remote-observing facilities that allow imagers to capture objects in the southern celestial hemisphere without even stepping outdoors.

Raspberry Pi high quality camera

25 February 2022 Astronomy Now

Geoffrey Lenox-Smith tests whether the Raspberry Pi’s new High Quality camera can be used for astrophotography.

Unistellar EVscope Equinox

22 February 2022 Ade Ashford

Unistellar’s eQuinox delivers five times the internal data storage and longer battery life than its predecessor, but ditches the eVscope’s electronic eyepiece. Ade Ashford checks out the new features.

NGC 2841 a perfectly-put-together spiral galaxy

21 February 2022 Mark Armstrong

NGC 2841 in Ursa Major (UMa), the Great Bear, is one of the best galaxies without a coveted Messier designation (or an entry in the Caldwell Catalogue for that matter) in the entire sky.