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Seeing color clearly with color science tools
Thursday, March 26, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
Spend enough hours staring at a screen trying to tame a stacked image and you learn that color is not a flavor choice. It is a measurement problem, full of assumptions about spectra, sensors, displays, and our own eyes. We publish images on the web, and the web speaks sRGB by default. That means eve...
Astrobiscuit: The nerd who made the universe fun
Monday, December 29, 2025 by Richard Harris
In 2017, Rory Griffin—better known as Astrobiscuit—asked his wife for a telescope. She rolled her eyes. “It’ll just gather dust,” she said. But the first night he pointed that Sky-Watcher Mak 90 into the London sky, Jupiter floated into view. Its moons lined up like tin...
ASCOM Platform 7.1 released
Monday, November 3, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
The ASCOM Platform 7.1 update is another big step forward for backyard astronomers and observatory users alike. It offers smoother performance, wider compatibility with different gear, and better communication between your telescope, camera, and dome. As the platform continues its march toward bette...
New dew heater tailored for StarSense Explorer
Friday, October 3, 2025 by Austin Harris
Astronomy equipment manufacturer R-Sky Astro Instruments has released a new accessory designed specifically for Celestron’s StarSense Explorer smartphone dock. The product is a dew heater that helps keep the dock’s alignment mirror free of condensation, a common problem during nighttime ...