Night Vision: “How-To” Video Shorts
We’ve put a playlist together on YouTube called Night Vision Component Attachment that demonstrates many common setups for astronomical observation
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Accessory
Tele Vue’s 2021 Solar Gallery
It’s time to revisit the Sun! This nearby yellow-dwarf star is entering middle-age and is showing some spots! Here we
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TELE VUE SCIENTIFIC PART 3
+ New Product Announcement!
In this installment, we travel to Kitt Peak in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert to “speckle” binary stars and finally learn what
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Paracorr-Newtonian for Visual and Imaging to f/3! Part 2
In the last blog, we covered the history of the Newtonian reflector, its inherent aberrations, and how Tele Vue’s
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Paracorr-Newtonian for Visual and Imaging to f/3! Part 1
Invented from lenses used to make eyeglasses, refractors were the first telescopes when introduced in the 1600s. However, the early
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TELE VUE SCIENTIFIC PART 2
Doing Science with Tele Vue Optics
In the last installment, our scientific path went from “polar to solar.” (If you missed it, please go back and
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Our Virtual NEAF 2021 Videos
Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) 2021 — “the World’s Largest Astronomy & Space Expo” — is in the history books after
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Here Comes the Sun!
According to a recent Solar Activity Update by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center, “Solar
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Mars Opposition: Visual Amplification and Imaging Tips
Mars is growing daily in size and brightness as it approaches opposition night on 13 October 2020. On that date,
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Last “Best” Mars Opposition for Northern Hemisphere!
The Mars 2020 opposition will be the “best” this decade for mid- and high-northern hemisphere observers. Let’s start out by
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