WANT TO SEE AND IMAGE THE UNIVERSE? CONSIDER A "SMART TELESCOPE

 Hey, Space Placers!

 

Images taken with Unistellar Telescopes

Have you wanted to get a closer view of the Moon, planets and the amazing variety of celestial objects in our Milky Way Galaxy and beyond? Got a desire to get pictures of what you would see? Think you can't do so because you don't have the equipment and necessary knowledge? 

The pictures above were taken by me using a  Unistellar  Smart Telescope - a telescope that WiFi links up to your smartphone and/or tablet to be controlled using the associated app and store your telescope's images. Oh, and it only takes about 5 minutes from set up to first image and even less time for take down. Contrast that to the minimum one hour for both with my traditional telescope. 

Welcome to the New Age Of Smart Telescope Amateur Astronomy. 

When I was completing my second Springer Astronomy book, "Astrophotography Is Easy: Basics for Beginners" (see the active link above my Blog's date) in 2020, "Smart Telescopes" were just getting their start. I took the plunge with Unistellar and my top of the line 10-inch telescope and associated astrophotography equipment now lie dormant in pretty much permanent storage. 

Using my Unistellar telescopes I see and image more, including very challenging objects I have NEVER imaged before, from the convenience of my car, couch or observing chair.

Full attribution required: I am a Unistellar Ambassador which is not compensated monetarily or considered to be an employee of the company.

I have owned and use multiple Unistellar telescopes - eVscope, eVscope 2, Odyssey Pro - and keep abreast of other companies' products.  I have been involved in the beta testing of their telescopes and the application that runs them. I have participated in their ground breaking Citizen Science program and intend to do more observations. 

I encourage you to read Bob King's excellent article on this New Age vs the ways things used to be done and consider how you want to make the plunge  . If you already have a telescope, adding a Smart Telescope is still a good idea as Bob points out as they add great utility.

One last point. 

Right now Unistellar has a social media connected worldwide community of over 20,000 and growing as it used to be 10,000! THAT is simply amazing and a powerful resource for Citizen Science that is affiliated with NASA and SETI, and amateur astronomy in general.

Sky Guy in VA