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The smart telescope head fake
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 by Richard Harris
As many of you know, I love astronomy and astrophotography, and over the years I've poured more into telescopes and cameras than I'd care to admit. So when I see a smart telescope on the market for a few hundred dollars promising gorgeous cosmic photos with the tap of an app, like ...
Celestron Origin Mark II announced! What we know
Thursday, October 16, 2025 by Austin Harris
Celestron has announced an update to their Origin smart telescope, introducing a new camera with higher resolution and improved sensitivity. The original Origin redefined what it meant to have a telescope at home, it wasn’t just an optical tube on a mount, it was a self-contained observatory d...
Astrophotography is expensive
Thursday, June 12, 2025 by Richard Harris
I first pointed a telescope at the night sky in 1986, a wide-eyed kid with a Tasco 60mm refractor and my parents’ 35mm film camera. I had no idea what I was doing. The telescope was a humble department-store model on a wobbly tripod, and the camera was loaded with ISO 400 film that I&rsqu...
Celestron Origin EQ Mode and Autoguiding
Friday, June 6, 2025 by Richard Harris
The Celestron Origin has quietly held its place as one of the most intriguing all-in-one astrophotography platforms since its debut in 2024. It didn’t crash onto the scene with flashy marketing — it just worked, and worked well. Though not a newcomer anymore, its fusion of fast f/2 ...