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ToupTek Astrostation review

Sunday, February 16, 2025 by Richard Harris

The ToupTek Astrostation (now named the StellaVita) offers broader camera compatibility, aiming to be an alternative to the ASIAIR. While promising, the current version struggles with performance, UI design, and guiding reliability. The polar alignment process could be more intuitive, and key features, like all-sky polar alignment, are still missing. Image processing an...

QHY miniCAM8 camera review

Thursday, January 2, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield

ScopeTrader's quick take on the miniCAM8 reveals a compact yet high-performance imaging system, designed for both deep space and planetary photography. Despite its small form, this camera doesn't compromise on essential features like sensor quality and cooling. Built around Sony’s IMX585 8 MP sensor, the miniCAM8 offers superior near-infrared sensitivity a...

Astronomy Picture of the Day

2026-04-04

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From pole to pole our fair planet is captured in this snapshot from space, an evocative image from a window of the Orion spacecraft Integrity. From the spacecraft's perspective the Sun is moving behind Earth's bright limb along the lower right. Africa and the Iberian peninsula are in view on the pale blue planet's surface, while aurorae crown Earth's south and north poles at top right and bottom left. Commander Reid Wiseman took the historic picture on Artemis II mission flight day 2 (April 2), after the completion of the planned translunar injection burn. That burn boosted the spacecraft out of Earth orbit, sending Integrity and crew on a trajectory that will take them around the Moon and back again. That's a journey humans last made over 50 years ago.