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See the sky like never before with a DIY eyepiece

So I decided to build a low-cost DIY amplifying eyepiece, to make it easier for visitors to observe deep-sky objects but ...

I tested a camera lens accessory for stargazing — and it wasn’t great

I put the Oppo Find X9 Pro’s Hasselblad telephoto lens to the test on moon shots and star clusters. Here’s what worked and what didn’t.
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Microscope/telescope eyepiece camera with good software for macOS

I have a colleague who's using an Omax A35 camera with ToupLite software to make micrographs. The issue with it is that the ToupLite software is not very good; I suspect it's a half-hearted port of a ...