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RASA telescope filter wheel becomes reality with Wanderer FilterCube
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 by Richard Harris
For anyone using a RASA, the challenge has never just been monochrome imaging. It’s the reality that changing anything in front of the telescope can become an exercise in frustration. Whether you’re swapping between an Optolong L-Extreme, a quad-band filter, or moving back to b...
Optolong L2 Filters Tested: The April 2026 ScopeTrader Issue
Monday, April 6, 2026 by Richard Harris
Welcome to April, where galaxies are in full bloom. Here in Missouri the skies are finally starting to settle into something usable. If the pattern holds like it usually does, we tend to get our most stable stretch somewhere between April 10th and the end of the month. Those are the nights where ...
Stellar SHO set from Optolong to unlock your cameras performance
Thursday, October 2, 2025 by Richard Harris
Optolong has introduced a new pair of filters designed for astrophotographers using color cameras: the L-Synergy and the updated L-eXtreme. Together, these filters provide a pathway to creating narrowband-style images in the well-known Hubble Palette (SHO) while maintaining compatibility with one-sh...
Capturing the Milky Way using the Dwarf 3 Smart telescope
Thursday, August 14, 2025 by Richard Harris
Ah, the Milky Way. That quiet band of light stretching across the summer sky has been there longer than anyone can remember, yet every year it pulls our eyes upward like it is brand new. It is the one thing in the warm night sky that can make a person stop in their tracks, hold up a phone, and try t...