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Astronomy weather is getting worse for astrophotographers
Sunday, May 31, 2026 by Richard Harris
If you have done this long enough, you develop a feel for the difference between a bad week and a bad pattern. A bad week is clouds at new moon. It happens. A bad pattern is when the moon is right, the target is right, your gear is ready, the forecast looks passable, and then something else shows up...
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Observable Space wins contract after successful venture funding
Saturday, May 30, 2026 by Richard Harris
Observable Space grew out of PlaneWave Instruments and is known in the astronomy community for building some of the finest amateur and observatory class telescopes. Today the company also develops optical systems for laser communications and space domain awareness. It has raised $90 million dollars ...

Astrobin hikes prices across the board
Thursday, May 28, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
As many of you have noticed, astronomy is getting more expensive. At the beginning of this year, when ZWO released the S30 Pro, it launched at what felt like a very approachable introductory price of $549. Within just a few short months, that price climbed to $699. It's hardly an isolated exa...

PixInsight for Apple silicon Macs lands with updates already
Monday, May 25, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
Right on the heels of the newest release, the PixInsight Team has released a new version of PixInsight: 1.9.4 Lockhart build 1693. This release provides stability improvements and bug fixes on all supported operating systems. The update focuses on making the application more reliable across platform...
