Stellamira 86mm ed f/7 quadruplet refractor

In a remote mountain range in Chile, a newly unveiled observatory will soon begin mapping the sky. When its survey starts, the Vera C Rubin Observatory will spend every night for the next decade chart

Driving up dusty mountain roads flanked by cacti and colourful bursts of wildflowers, it’s hard to imagine these quiet peaks in the Chilean Andes are home to some of the most sophisticated astronomica

With a staggering 1200mm equivalent reach, could this be the ultimate wildlife lens? Andy Westlake finds out

This is the largest-aperture zoom available for APS-Cmirrorless cameras, but how does it measure up? Andy Westlake finds out

The NYX-88 from Greece-based Pegasus Astro is a compact harmonic drive mount, named after the Greek goddess of the night. It’s the smaller sibling to the NYX-101 and weighs just 5kg, supporting payloa

ZWO’s original non-cooled mono and colour versions of the ASI585, aimed at planetary imagers, were very well received for their fast frame rates and extremely low noise. So when ZWO announced it was a