Astro Craft

Complete September 2026 sky calendar for Canada: moon phases, planets, meteor showers, comets, and the best nights to image the summer sky.

Dark Frames New imager, first few nights, and you notice your images are speckled with tiny colored dots you didn't put there. First reaction: something's wrong with the sensor. Maybe it's used? Maybe it's defective? Well... it's neither. Every sensor...

Complete July 2026 sky calendar for Canada: moon phases, planets, meteor showers, comets, and the best nights to image the summer sky.

The ZWO AM-series mounts (AM3N, AM5N, and AM7) work differently from any equatorial mount you may have used before. If you come from a traditional German Equatorial Mount, your instinct will be to balance the telescope against the counterweight until...