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Posts Tagged 'telescope'

New: Heliostar 76 solar telescope from Skywatcher

March 18 2025, Stefan Taube

The Heliostar-76Hα from Skywatcher is a brand new telescope for observing the Sun in the H-alpha line with an exceptionally narrow bandwidth of just 0.5 angstroms!

Observe the active Sun: Eruptions (flares), filaments, spicules, granulation and of course Sunspots!

You can find more information here in the shop. Get your Heliostar now and treat yourself with your own highly demanded telescope!

Vaonis Hestia: Your companion for solar and lunar eclipses

March 12 2025, Stefan Taube

Use the Hestia Solar Pack smart telescope from Vaonis to photograph an eclipse with your smartphone. Thanks to the Gravity app from Vaonis this is particularly easy.

The Hestia Solar Pack includes a solar filter for safe solar observation. If you don’t have a photo tripod yet, get the Hestia Ultimate Pack.

The lightweight Hestia fits in any travel bag and is an ideal companion for your trip to solar eclipses!

The best thing: Hestia enables many other photographic applications for your smartphone.

Get yours now and safe your Hestia Solar Pack smart telescope in time!

Omegon Advanced 130/650 EQ-320 – now with a free carrying bag

February 28 2025, Marcus Schenk

A telescope becomes your perfect companion only with the right care. It always deserves the right protection—whether at home or on the way to your observation spot. Take advantage of our special offer!

Our offer:
If yo buy an Omegon Advanced 130/650 EQ-320 telescope, you will receive a high-quality, specially designed carrying bag worth €99completely for free.

Get your exclusive gift today!

Promotion period until April 30, 2025 – only while supplies last.

Astrophotography made easy – crystal clear images for a bargain price

February 15 2025, Marcus Schenk

 

The darkness becomes your stage. Your goal? To capture the night sky in a way that is impossible to see with the naked eye. You can achieve this special success with the right equipment—like our new telescope set offer.

Why this set?
It combines the Omegon Ritchey-Chretien Pro RC 203/1624 OTA with the ZWO AM5 Harmonic Equatorial Mount plus Carbon Tripod. This combination offers:
• Crystal clear, detailed images thanks to a large, fully sharp image circle.
• Modular and made for transport: The compact and lightweight mount is also perfect for travelling.

This bundle is much cheaper in the set than if purchased separately. Perfect for ambitious beginners and professionals, who are ready to take the next step in their astrophotography endeavours.

This great opportunity for you as an astrophotographer is only available until April 15th, 2025 and as long as supplies last.

Buy an Omegon Telescope and get free accessories

February 1 2025, Marcus Schenk

There’s a special reason to expand your equipment now: With the purchase of any Omegon telescope, we’ll give you free accessories in order to enhance your observations even further.

Details of our offer:

When you choose an Omegon telescope, you can select one of the following free gifts:

It’s as simple as this:

  1. Choose your Omegon telescope.
  2. During the ordering process, please enter either “Smartphone Adapter” or “Anti-Vibration Set” in the comment field below the address section.
  3. Our team will include your desired product free of charge.

 

This offer is a great opportunity, if you’re planning to purchase a telescope: The promotion runs until March 31, 2025 and is valid while supplies last!

Now available: Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory

January 27 2025, Stefan Taube

After months of development and testing, it is now available from stock: The Origin Intelligent Home Observatory from Celestron.

This smart telescope is not only the largest of its kind, but also represents a relatively open system that can grow over time and offers more options than other models.

Get your Origin here: Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory

Skywatcher telescopes: Selected Apos at a special price!

January 16 2025, Stefan Taube

Take advantage of the offer from Skywatcher and get started in astrophotography now with a high-quality apochromat.

You can currently get the following models at a special price:

The special optics of these telescopes correct the color error that lenses normally show. This gives you a color-pure, sharp image – a pleasure, even for purely visual observation!

The offer is valid only while stocks last – grab it now!

The right telescope for Christmas

November 26 2024, Marcus Schenk

Candlelight and the smells of freshly brewed coffee and just-baked biscuits: it could all be so tranquil.

Instead, for most of us, the weeks before Christmas are the most stressful of the year. The children are moody and you still haven’t bought the tree. Phew!

How can this be a good time to research buying your first telescope?

Luckily, you don’t have to.

In the guide Telescopes for beginners“, we show you how, in just a few minutes, you can find a telescope which will take you from your balcony directly into space. Together with suitable recommendations that will ensure that the parcel under the Christmas tree will bring you endless pleasure.

Read our buying guide: The best telescopes for beginners.

 

 

Christmas under the stars: Telescope sets for beginners

November 22 2024, Marcus Schenk

The Holidays are coming…

Christmas has snuck up on us again this year. Still looking for a Christmas gift? You don’t want to spend hours with saint-like patience searching for telescopes and accessories, however?

Especially during the “peaceful” Advent season most people hardly have time for that. In order to facilitate some of this stressful Holiday time for you we have the perfect solution!

With our telescope gift sets you’ll find the right present for your loved ones. Eyepieces, filters and star charts are already included – ready to take the recipients into the sky , as if they were riding on one of Santa’s reindeers.

Take a look at our telescope sets!

We wish you a joyful Advent season!

Which present should I get? Astronomical gift ideas for all stargazers

November 22 2024, Marcus Schenk

Still searching for the perfect gift? It’s not that easy, is it? Yet, every year this question sneaks back into our minds.

What if you didn’t have to worry about this at all this time? Just take a look at our gift page. You will find countless ideas for big and small astronomers there – and for those who want to become one.

Gifts for Astronomy Beginners: Useful gifts for getting started in Astronomy
Gifts for Hobby Astronomers: Even expert stargazers love to receive gifts!
Gifts for Nature Enthusiasts: Binoculars for observing birds and other animals
Gifts for Children and Teens: Ideas for young nature enthusiasts
Special Gifts: Looking for something extraordinary or particularly elegant?

Get inspired and discover the most beautiful gift ideas!