Smart Telescope Today… Smarter Telescope Tomorrow: How do you choose? Following on from last year’s well-attended Smart Telescopes Masterclass, this year’s event, partly an introduction to smart telescopes, was also an opportunity for owners to talk about their experiences with their “smart scopes”. The evening started with a film show of astro-images taken by the owners with their smart telescopes, demonstrating the ability of these scopes to capture amazing images of the ni

Part 1 – Amateur Science Projects with Paul May Paul started the evening with his discussion on amateur science projects covering four topics: Spectroheliography Paul gave an update on the progress made with his MLAstro SHG 700 Spectroheliograph. How a spectroheliograph works is explained briefly in this manufacturer's description: “A slit is used to capture a small slice of sunlight. This light passes through a collimator, which turns it into parallel rays. These ray

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