Monthly Archives: June 2012

Skywatcher Explorer 130PDS OTA. New product for 2012

  The new Skywatcher Explorer 130PDS OTA is the latest in the line up. It uses the same high quality mirror as the 130P, but has been upgraded with a dual speed 10:1 focuser, and a slightly shorter tube to … Continue reading

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Skwatcher Sky Panorama eyepiece. New product for 2012

  New product for 2012. Skywatcher Sky Panorama ultra wide eyepiece. The new Sky Panorama 7-element ultra wide angle eyepieces offer incredible performance and features in their class. The wide 82° field of view provides an amazing immersive viewing experience … Continue reading

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Ostara Crystalview Moon / Skyglow filter 1.25″. New for 2012

    New for 2012, the Ostara 1.25″ Moon and Skyglow filter.  Designed to enhance Lunar & Planetary views, as well as being a useful light pollution filter. High quality metal frame, with padded hard case. Superb value for money Now available in 1.25″ … Continue reading

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Ostara Elinor 8×45 Binoculars. Customer review

  A customer visiting the Northern Optics retail outlet was looking for a good quality pair of binoculars with a wide field of view and be able to get a full field with spectacles on. The moment the customer picked … Continue reading

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North Lincs Astro meeting . 4th June 2012

Around 15 members turned up for the North Lincolnshire Astronomy meeting on the 4th June, 2012. The long days meant we could do some solar observing. Telescopes and binoculars used for solar were a Celestron Astromaster 70, Orion Optics newtonian, … Continue reading

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Skywatcher H-Beta filters. 1.25″ & 2″. New for 2012

  New product for 2012. Skywatcher H-Beta filter This high performance CCD filter transmits only the Hydogen Beta emission line, and therefore is useful for greatly increasing the contrast of objects that glow in the corresponding region of the spectrum, for example … Continue reading

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