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The smallest dobsonian telescope you will ever see Pico Dobsonian
Friday, May 22, 2026 by Richard Harris
A 3 inch telescope is not going to replace anyone’s serious observing rig, and honestly, that is what makes the Pico Dobsonian interesting. It feels less like a “real” telescope in the traditional sense and more like a wonderfully nerdy experiment in how small and simple astronomy ...
Light pollution filter LEVIATHAN Spectral Pro
Friday, January 16, 2026 by Richard Harris
If you've been shooting under light-polluted skies soaked in LED glare, you already know exactly how ugly this has gotten. I’m lucky, I'm still sitting in a Bortle 3 pocket - but I can drive just a few miles west and watch the night get steamrolled by people "upgrading" to th...
Yuri Petrunin: The man behind TEC Telescopes
Thursday, December 18, 2025 by Richard Harris
When you sit down with Yuri Petrunin, founder of Telescope Engineering Company, the first thing you notice is his strong Russian accent. The second is how little he seems to care whether or not you’re impressed by it. He speaks modestly, carefully, and without pretense. He’s not trying t...
RASA telescope design technology
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 by Richard Harris
The Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph isn't your typical telescope, it’s a high-speed astrophotography machine that you can't actually "look through" - you have to use a camera to see the fruits of it's optics. Think of it as the “mothership” of aperture and s...