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VIDEO: iOptron at NEAF 2014
Amateur astronomer Paul Chasse tells S&T senior editor Dennis di Cicco about his experience using iOptron’s radically new ZEQ25 and CEM60 “center-balanced” telescope mounts.
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VIDEO: Finger Lakes Instrumentation at NEAF 2014
Jim Moronski of Finger Lakes Instrumentation shows S&T senior editor Dennis di Cicco FLI’s latest line of CCD cameras, filter wheels, and precision focusers.
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VIDEO: SBIG at NEAF 2014
SBIG’s David Morrow shows S&T senior editor Dennis di Cicco the latest products in SBIG’s varied line of astronomical imaging equipment.
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VIDEO: Sky-Watcher USA at NEAF 2014
S&T senior editor Dennis di Cicco and Sky-Watcher’s Kevin LeGore talk about Sky-Watcher’s wide range of astronomical equipment.
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VIDEO: Stellarvue at NEAF 2014
Stellarvue’s Vic Maris highlights the features of some of the company’s newest products, including its new 130-mm apo refractors.
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VIDEO: Tele Vue Optics at NEAF 2014
Tele Vue’s Al Nagler gives S&T senior editor Dennis di Cicco an overview of the company’s history and a look at its current lines of eyepieces and telescopes.
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VIDEO: Apogee Imaging Systems at NEAF 2014
Senior editor Dennis di Cicco talks with Tim Puckett about the latest news and products from Apogee Imaging Systems in this product video from NEAF 2014.
Last Month for SkyWeek TV
April 2014 will be the last month covered by Sky & Telescope's wildly popular SkyWeek TV show.
April 28 - May 4, 2014
The planet Mars is high in the evening sky. It’s two weeks past its closest approach to Earth, but it’s still shining as bright as it ever will this year.
April 21 - 27, 2014
Magnificent Leo the Lion, one of the few constellations that really resembles its name, is high in the south. Regulus, its brightest star, is important in history and science.
April 14 - 20, 2014
Late on Monday April 14th or very early on Tuesday morning, weather permitting, everyone in North America gets to witness a total eclipse of the Moon.
April 7 - 13, 2014
Get ready for next week’s total lunar eclipse, one of the most thrilling spectacles that nature has to offer. Find out why eclipses happen and how to view them.
March 31 - April 6, 2014
The waxing crescent Moon passes through the Hyades cluster on Thursday. If you watch long enough, you may see the Moon’s dark edge blot out one or more stars.
March 17 - 23, 2014
People living along a narrow path from New York City to Ontario can watch an asteroid blot out the bright star Regulus around 2 a.m. on Thursday, March 20th.
March 24 - 30, 2014
The waning crescent Moon pairs spectacularly Venus in the predawn sky. And many stargazers will try to view all 110 objects cataloged by the 18th-century astronomer Charles Messier.
March 10 - 16, 2014
Three planets are on display in the predawn sky: dazzling Venus low in the southeast, rapidly brightening Mars in Virgo, and Saturn, the ringed wonder, in Libra.
March 3 - 9, 2014
Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, flies almost overhead on March evenings. It’s an amazingly dynamic world, and a treat to view through a telescope.
Product Videos & Demonstrations
PlaneWave Instruments at AIC 2013
Sky & Telescope senior editor Dennis di Cicco talks to Rick Hedrick and Allan Keller of PlaneWave Instruments about their new products and services. See additional videos from the 2013 Advanced Imaging Conference in Santa Clara, California. Return to our Product Videos page.
February 24 - March 2, 2014
The Great Orion Nebula is the most active star-forming region in our sector of the Milky Way Galaxy. It’s a breath-taking sight when viewed through a telescope.
February 17 - 23, 2014
Mighty Orion, the brightest constellation, flies high in the early evening sky. And late on Wednesday evening, the planet Mars and the bright star Spica float above the Moon.