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Honoring Al Nagler in our November 2025 issue
Monday, November 3, 2025 by Richard Harris
This month's issue bridges the past and future of astronomy with heartfelt stories, exciting product releases, and a celebration of innovation in every corner of the night sky. From a moving farewell to one of the greatest optical minds of our time, to the unveiling of Celestron’s next-gen...
Daystar Filters Sol 100mm dedicated solar telescope lands
Thursday, October 23, 2025 by Richard Harris
Before I ever owned a real telescope, I was building makeshift ones out of whatever lenses, tubes, and mirrors I could scrounge up. Newton would’ve been proud, or maybe concerned. And solar projection was the only way I could safely look at the Sun back then; anything more sophistica...
Why luminance frames miss narrowband nebula details
Monday, October 13, 2025 by Richard Harris
So you've spend a clear night capturing the Orion Nebula with your monochrome astrophotography camera. You shot one image through a luminance filter (essentially capturing all visible light), and another through a special Hydrogen-alpha (Hα) narrowband filter. When...
Altair 462M2 mono guide astronomy camera
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 by Richard Harris
If you’ve spent more than a few nights trying to pull sharp exposures out of a shaky guiding setup, you’ll know it doesn’t take much atmospheric wobble or poor star signal to throw off your whole session. The Altair 462M2 Mono Guide Camera takes a practical approach to solving thos...