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Collimate your scope with an Aline iPhone iPad method
Friday, November 21, 2025 by Richard Harris
That dirty little word we all love to hate - collimation. I’ve met plenty of astronomers who never truly learn to collimate their scopes, choosing instead to live with the subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) artifacts of misaligned optics. Yet collimation remains one of the most critical step...
Astronomy LED flashlight: A brief history of Rigel Systems
Monday, September 22, 2025 by Richard Harris
Astronomy Magazine has included the Rigel Systems Skylite Mini Customizable Astronomy Flashlight in their infamous Annual Star Products Guide for 2025 - which will appear in the October 2025 issue. Astronomy LED flashlight: A brief history of Rigel Systems In the early 1980s, the preferre...
Rigel Systems usb-nFRAME
Sunday, July 13, 2025 by Richard Harris
When we think about astrophotography, there’s one humble but absolutely crucial piece of gear that rarely gets the spotlight: the camera rotator. Cue dramatic music, maybe a slow zoom in with a single tear rolling down its shiny metal housing... At first glance, rotating a camera may s...
Easy MEADE Microfocuser Upgrade to Stepper
Thursday, May 8, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
Upgrading a MEADE microfocuser to a stepper motor system can be surprisingly simple, especially when using Rigel Systems' components. Recently, a customer from Australia reached out after watching a YouTube video about modifying a MEADE microfocuser to a stepper. He wanted the same modification ...