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IMPORTANT: Our store is located in Canada. All orders that include products manufactured outside of Canada or USA will be subject to tariffs and duties, regardless of the order value. US customers are responsible for all applicable duties and tariffs, and those will be billed by the carrier, except for the Lacerta upgrade kit, for which we collect them at checkout.

Light Decoded

  • Understanding Diffraction Spikes and their Impacts in Astrophotography

    Diffraction, the phenomenon of waves spreading out as they pass through an aperture or around obstacles, plays a crucial role in shaping the star images we observe through telescopes. Ideally, our view would be unobstructed, but sometimes the obstacle is within the telescope itself! This is the case with Newtonian telescopes, where the secondary mirror and its supporting vanes, known as spider vanes, are situated in the optical path.

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