Reviews
My new favourite mount: ZWO AM5
My New Favourite mount: ZWO AM5 The best astrophotography mount on the market: powerful, portable and accurate. And I’m not saying this due to some sponsorship deal – I don’t even own an AM5. My mate Andrew Abbott lent me his for my astro trip to the Canary Islands. ZWO AM5 is $2k in the…
The Sky-Watcher CQ350 Mount Review
Skywatcher’s new CQ350 astrophotography mount claims to allow you to image with a massive and I mean MASSIVE 35kg telescope for just £2.5k. Wow. A potential game changer. But can it really do it?
Best Value Telescope for Astrophotography
I think that 8 inch Newtonians hit a massive astrophotography sweet spot. Proof of this are seen in the astrophotos of Lyaphine and other members of my discord server as well as tests that were done in Big Amateur Telescope last year.
Es Reid’s Top Telescope Picks
Es Reid designs optical systems. He’s currently working on a very high powered and fancy microscope for an important company in Cambridge. On the side he bench tests commercial telescopes for First Light Optics and makes sure the telescopes they sell are up to scratch. As a result he is uniquely placed to give an…
Choosing a Mount for astrophotography
Choosing a Mount For Astrophotography – which mount is right for me – best performing mounts – best budget mounts All a mount has to do is hold the telescope and camera perfectly still so that the camera and telescope can take long exposures of the really dim and distant galaxies and nebula. Sounds simple…
Best All Round Telescope
What is the Best All Round Telescope? The best all round telescope would zoom into the planets with ferocious detail and be fat enough to reveal the huge faint whispy deep space nebula and galaxies whilst being small enough to put on a tracking mount for astrophotography. I asked fellow nerds from all over the…
Smart Telescopes
Smart Telescopes Good or bad?… In February 2021 I got asked to review a fully automated telescope for CH5’s the gadget show. They gave me 20minutes to review Vaonis’s Stellina before the cameras started rolling 😂. Not long but as I went through the specs it dawned on me that if she does what she…
The all new QHY533M: Review
Summary: All round great cooled astrophotography camera; super sensitive, supersonically low read noise, no amp glow, no dew problems and much cheaper than its bigger brother the QHY268 because it has a smaller 1” sensor. My affiliate link (You won’t find a better price) Affiliate Link: $1159.00 from High Point Scientific: INTRO I think the…
Svbony SV503 review: Is it the best beginners telescope?
Everyone on Amazon who reviews Svbony’s 80mm ed refractor seems to love it. So I’m excited to try out the SV503 (thx Tyson) as it could be a a contender for the best beginners telescope for astrophotography. Rosette Nebula shot in just 2.5 hours with the SV503 and matching 0.8 reducer by a ZWO ASI2600mm…
What is the best beginners astrophography rig?
Now this is a question for the noob and seasoned nerd alike because the best beginners astrophotography rig is basically a travel rig and its essential for old astrofarts like myself to have a great little travel rig… Travel rigs aren’t just for when you’re going somewhere nice and dark but have little room in…
