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DIY flat panel
Thursday, August 14, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
Astrophotographers are constantly innovating to improve their imaging workflows, often creating custom tools that rival commercial products at a fraction of the cost. One clever example comes from a maker who modified a standard LED tracing panel to function as an ASCOM Alpaca-compatible flat panel ...
MLAstro SHG 700 reviewed by Cuiv
Friday, June 27, 2025 by Richard Harris
There’s something quietly humbling (a terrifying) about pointing a tele at the Sun. Not for the glare or the danger—though there’s plenty of both—but because you start to realize just how much is going on up there that we never notice. The Sun isn’t just a ball of fire ...
3D printed telescope for deep sky astrophotography
Monday, February 17, 2025 by Richard Harris
Buying and setting up a telescope is one thing, but 3D printing one from scratch is a whole other thing. It takes time, effort, and knowing how things fit together. That’s what someone decided to do, build a working 3D-printed telescope for deep-sky astrophotography. The idea was to make somet...
3D printing a telescope is turning into a reality
Sunday, January 26, 2025 by Richard Harris
Scientists at the University of Strathclyde have created the world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope in under three hours and for less than $62 -including the lenses, showing how technology can reduce costs and increase access to scientific tools. The achievement was made possible by using o...