Gear Announcement

    ToupTek Launches AFW-Mini: A Compact 5-Position Filter Wheel
    Sep 12, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    A filter wheel makes a monochrome astrophotography setup much easier to operate. Once several filters are loaded, the camera can move from one wavelength to…

    ToupTek AE676M: Is This the Only Astronomy Camera You Need?
    Sep 11, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    An astronomy camera usually has a particular focus. Planetary cameras have high frame rates, and deep-sky cameras put more emphasis on cooling and low read…

    Dwarflab Draco Launched: Is This the Smart Telescope You Were Waiting For?
    Sep 8, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    We are in for an interesting year for smart telescopes. The debate has remained for a couple of years now if smart telescopes are going…

    Askar Launches N210: A 210mm f/3.4 Newtonian Telescope
    Sep 2, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Askar has added a much larger telescope to its N-series of Newtonian astrographs. They have launched the new Askar N210. It follows the smaller N160…

    Svbony Launches SV530: Integrated Field Flattener on an 80mm Refractor
    Sep 2, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Svbony has added a new 80mm refractor to its astrophotography telescope lineup. The new SV530 combines an 80mm ED objective with a 480mm focal length…

    ZWO Launches Seestar S50 Pro: The Next Evolution of Smart Astrophotography
    Aug 25, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Smart telescopes have changed how many astrophotographers are approaching astrophotography. For the last few years, we have been seeing a steady growth in both the…

    Askar Launches WAF: Worm-and-Gear Automatic Telescope Focuser
    Aug 18, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    Nailing the focus is essential in every genre of photography, and astrophotography is no exception. Even a small focus error can affect every exposure in…

    Move Shoot Move (MSM) Launches Nomad Harmonic I Star Tracker
    Jul 30, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    For years, travel-friendly star trackers have followed the same formula. They are compact, lightweight, and easy to carry. They also work well with wide-angle lenses….

    DJI Pocket 4P – Familiar, Refined, the Next-Gen for Pocket Cameras
    Jul 30, 2026 DeeJay Neilson

    I’ve been using the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 ever since it was launched, and I’ve put it through its paces. So I’ll be looking at…

    ZWO Launches Seestar S30 Pro Total Solar Eclipse Edition
    Jul 29, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

    On August 12, 2026, the Moon‘s umbral shadow will sweep across parts of Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Portugal, and the Atlantic Ocean, producing one of the…