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Super fast hyperbolic newton astrograph by Telescopi Italiani
Thursday, January 22, 2026 by Richard Harris
There is a certain kind of telescope that tells you exactly what it is trying to do. The TIn series from Telescopi Italiani is built for one job: produce a very wide, very well corrected imaging field at extremely fast focal ratios, and do it in a package that can live in a remote observatory withou...
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...
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...
Farpoint collimation tools on sale
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 by Richard Harris
A sale offering discounted prices on collimation tools for telescopes is underway at Farpoint. The promotion features laser collimators, Cheshire collimators, and autocollimators, aimed at users with Newtonian or Dobsonian telescopes. The sale includes a range of products designed to improve optical...