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The Sky-Watcher Heliostar 76Ha refractor is a fresh new addition to the well-known manufacturer’s telescope line-up and its first venture into dedicated hydrogen-alpha instruments. The spec is highly

Ever-increasing light pollution and urban sprawl have prompted many of us to seek darker skies to put our equipment to better use. With several dark-sky sites accessible from where we live, we were ex

The Optoma Photon Go is a different beast to anything we have had in our test rooms before. Yes, we’ve tested ultra-short throw projectors before and portable projectors aplenty – but never a portable

One of Nikon’s last DSLRs, the pro-spec D850 still has a lot to offer, as John Gilbey discovers

Andrea Arbizzi, Modena, Italy, December 2024–April 2025 Andrea says: “PuWe 1 is a tough, faint target and even more so from my Bortle 8 sky! But after 28 hours and some intensive processing, I was abl

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