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Seestar S50 Pro First Look: Insights from ZWO Founder Sam Wen
Monday, August 31, 2026 by Richard Harris
The Seestar S50 Pro has arrived, but the more interesting story may be what it tells us about where ZWO believes smart telescopes are headed next. For the September issue of ScopeTrader, we sat down with ZWO founder and CEO Sam Wen for an extended conversation about the development of the S50 Pro...
Lunar surface impact from Falcon 9 creates rare observing opportunity
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 by Trey Abbe
Most lunar impacts arrive without warning. A small meteoroid strikes the Moon and produces a flash that may last less than a second. Unless a telescope and camera happen to be pointed at the right location at the right time, the moment is gone before anyone knows it happened. The Falcon 9 uppe...
ZWO Telescope Network comes to ASIAIR 3.0
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 by Richard Harris
ZWO has released a brand new ASIAIR Beta, and while there are some nice quality of life improvements, I think the biggest announcement isn't the redesigned interface. It's what the new Telescope Network feature could mean for the future of amateur astronomy. The update introduces a refres...
Questar is gone: The fate of the world's most famous compact telescope
Friday, July 3, 2026 by Richard Harris
Like a lot of amateur astronomers, I can still remember flipping through Astronomy magazine in the 1980s and stopping on those Questar ads. There it was, this small, polished, precision telescope photographed like a fine instrument, not just another piece of astronomy gear. I wanted one pretty bad b...