IEEE Spectrum on MSN

See the sky like never before with a DIY eyepiece

So I decided to build a low-cost DIY amplifying eyepiece, to make it easier for visitors to observe deep-sky objects but ...

I tested a camera lens accessory for stargazing — and it wasn’t great

I put the Oppo Find X9 Pro’s Hasselblad telephoto lens to the test on moon shots and star clusters. Here’s what worked and ...
Digital Camera World on MSN

Discover the Canon-powered US$99,000 smart telescope. Here's what happens "When you remove every limit" with Vaonis

A first look at Canon-powered Vaonis Hyperia – a smart telescope that brings professional observatory-level astrophotography ...
Ars Technica

Microscope/telescope eyepiece camera with good software for macOS

I have a colleague who's using an Omax A35 camera with ToupLite software to make micrographs. The issue with it is that the ToupLite software is not very good; I suspect it's a half-hearted port of a ...
EurekAlert!

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory installs LSST camera on telescope

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, has achieved a major milestone with the installation of the ...
OPB

UW astronomers help power up telescope featuring world’s largest digital camera to map the night sky

Perched high on a ridge in the South American Andes, a new observatory aims to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos and unravel some of the mysteries it holds. Featuring the world’s largest ...