The Cat series from William Optics has enjoyed great popularity for years. The short-focus, corrected optics in Petzval design are ideal for astrophotography with small mounts.
With the Apo 108/518 UltraCat WIFD, William Optics is now launching the largest Cat to date.
You can find more information about the UltraCat telescope here in the shop.
News for all visual observers. In the December 2024 issue of the renowned magazine “Astronomy Now“, our Omegon Advanced X N 152mm Dobson was put through its paces. And the result? Passed with flying colours!
Experienced tester Steve Ringwood was particularly impressed by the excellent optical quality. The heart of the telescope – its parabolic primary mirror – delivered razor-sharp images of planets, stars and DeepSky objects. Even at high magnifications the top notch quality of the optics was evident. The expert was also enthusiastic about its easy handling.
The tester’s conclusion speaks for itself:
“This is an outstanding telescope for a rapid set-up, at the outset of a new observer or the onset of a clear evening. It has great potential, belied by a very keen price point.”
Find the full test report in English here.
Are you ready for your own discoveries in the night sky? Then let the Omegon Advanced X N 152mm Dobson inspire you!
The Heliostar-76Hα from Skywatcher is a brand new telescope for observing the Sun in the H-alpha line with an exceptionally narrow bandwidth of just 0.5 angstroms!
Observe the active Sun: Eruptions (flares), filaments, spicules, granulation and of course Sunspots!
You can find more information here in the shop. Get your Heliostar now and treat yourself with your own highly demanded telescope!
Use the Hestia Solar Pack smart telescope from Vaonis to photograph an eclipse with your smartphone. Thanks to the Gravity app from Vaonis this is particularly easy.
The Hestia Solar Pack includes a solar filter for safe solar observation. If you don’t have a photo tripod yet, get the Hestia Ultimate Pack.
The lightweight Hestia fits in any travel bag and is an ideal companion for your trip to solar eclipses!
The best thing: Hestia enables many other photographic applications for your smartphone.
Get yours now and safe your Hestia Solar Pack smart telescope in time!
After months of development and testing, it is now available from stock: The Origin Intelligent Home Observatory from Celestron.
This smart telescope is not only the largest of its kind, but also represents a relatively open system that can grow over time and offers more options than other models.
Get your Origin here: Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory
Under the name NexStar SLT (Star Locating Telescope), Celestron offers computer-controlled telescopes that allow access to the night sky without any prior knowledge.
Two models with the very popular Schmidt-Cassegrain optics are now available in this series:
Schmidt-Cassegrain optics have a long focal length, which is ideal for observing the moon, planets and planetary nebulae at high magnification. Nevertheless, the tube is very short and easy to transport. The closed tube protects the mirror from dust. SC telescopes are stable in adjustment and show an image without colour errors – this is also ideal for planetary observation.
You can find all models in the NexStar SLT series here in the shop.
Dobsonian telescopes are simple in design and intuitive to use. They are therefore particularly popular with newcomers to astronomy and occasional observers. But experienced amateur astronomers also love this type of telescope, as the simple design allows the use of a large mirror at a fair price.
The traditional Bresser company now offers a Dobsonian telescope with a 305 millimetre mirror diameter in its Messier series: N 305/1525 Messier Hexafoc
This model also shares the special advantages of the Dobsonian telescopes in the Messier series:
The tube of the largest model N 305/1525 Messier Hexafoc is made of fiberglass and is therefore relatively easy to transport.
You can find more information and the current price for this 12-inch telescope here in the shop.
The popular Nexstar Evolution telescopes from Celestron have a new addition: It’s a five inch telescope!
The NexStar Evolution 5 is even more compact and less expensive than the other models in this series. However, it has everything that characterises a NexStar Evolution telescope:
You can find the NexStar Evolution 5 and all other models here in the shop.
The Omegon-Dobson family has grown. The Advanced X N 152/1200 telescope expands the “Advanced X” series with a high-quality, yet affordable model.
With a mirror diameter of 152 millimeters, it collects enough light to see even distant galaxies. The slim telescope shows its strengths primarily when observing planets and star clusters. The focal length of 1200mm makes it easy to achieve slightly higher magnifications. The included 25 mm eyepiece gives 48x magnification, with additional eyepieces a range of 30x to 240x is usable. We particularly recommend the Premium Flatfield eyepieces as accessories.
Sometimes at high magnifications you can see the flickering of the air, but there are nights with perfect “seeing” – and this telescope is made for them. As a Dobsonian telescope, it consists of two parts and is ready for use in just six steps:
This only takes a few minutes. So it is possible to simply peek through a few gaps in the clouds every now and then. The good-natured design is also suitable for use all night long – the telescope can easily handle dew or frost.
A Crayford focuser for 1.25″ eyepieces allows you to precisely focus on the celestial object.
Because it is intuitive to use and really robust, the instrument is highly recommended for children aged 10 and over.
Like its larger siblings in the Advanced X series, the N 152/1200 can also be retrofitted with a digital “sky navigation system”, the Omegon Push+ Go system. The 6×30 finder scope is the classic way to find the objects – in combination with good celestial atlases .
The renowned telescope manufacturer Celestron now also offers a Smart Telescope. This is a telescope with a built-in camera and a user-friendly smartphone app:
Celestron Smart Telescope S 152/335 RASA Origin
Compared to other smart telescopes, Origin has special features that you can expect from one of the most innovative manufacturers:
As Celestron is a manufacturer by and for astronomers, Origin also allows you to use filters and edit the raw images yourself without using the integrated image editing software.
Origin is supplied with a mount based on the proven NexStar Evolution design. The single-arm mount is very stable, yet compact. It is equipped with an integrated rechargeable battery that powers the mount, the camera and – if desired – even your smartphone.
With Origin, Celestron is revolutionizing electronically assisted Astronomy, also known as EAA. EAA can not be compared to observing through a Dobsonian or to “classic” astrophotography, yet it offers another approach to Astronomy that is particularly interesting for beginners and city dwellers.
With a new particularly innovative product like Origin, it is not always easy to meet the high demand in a timely manner. Therefore our recommendation: Pre-order your Origin NOW here in our shop. We will deliver it as quickly as possible.
