Review

Expeditions with a new mount: Sky-Watcher CQ350 Review

I’ve been fortunate to have my hands on an early version of the Sky-Watcher CQ350 mount since before its release…

Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Review

The Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i is an updated version of the original Star Adventurer tracking mount. It brings the App…

In praise of encoders: Review of the SkyWatcher EQ8-Rh

In late 2019, I took an opportunity to upgrade the SkyWatcher EQ8 equatorial mount in my dome (see full disclosure below). In…

Red Hot Summer – Experiments with the Canon EOS Ra

Canon Australia loaned me their new EOS Ra camera during our summer and between the smoke of the summer bushfires…

Skywatcher Star Adventurer Mini (SAM) Review

Following my review of the Star Adventurer, Skywatcher have now introduced a "mini" version of their astrophotography and timelapse platform…

Skywatcher Star Adventurer: Review

Skywatcher were not the first to offer portable tracking mounts but the Star Adventurer unit is a very capable and complete…

The CDS-5D: A seriously cool camera (Review)

I’ve used a few modified Canon DSLR cameras over the years for my astrophotography, including an Astro40D from Central DS…

First Nights with the eMotimo TB3 (Review)

I first saw the eMotimo Tilt-Box motion control units two years ago, when a participant on my Night Sky Photography…