Ezzy Pearson rounds up the latest astronomical accessories
1. Celestron NexYZ DX Smartphone Adapter Kit
Price £59.99 • Supplier Harrison Telescopes • Tel 01322 403407 • www.harrisontelescopes.co.uk
Take your first step in astro imaging with this adaptor that lets you use your smartphone afocally, through the eyepiece of your scope. It comes with a bluetooth shutter-release to help prevent vibrations when you are taking an image and works with 1.25-inch and 2-inch barrels.
2. StellaLyra 1.25-inch Eyepieces
Price £169 • Supplier First Light Optics • www.firstlightoptics.com
These eyepieces produce sharp, flat images with colour control across their 68˚ field of view, with a long eye relief for comfortable viewing. Available in focal lengths of 7mm, 9mm, 12mm, 14.5mm and 18mm.
3. ANTLIA Narrowband 4.5nm OIII EDGE 1.25-inch Filter
Price £191 • Supplier 365 Astronomy • Tel 020 3384 5187 • www.365astronomy.com
With an 85 per cent light transmittance across the 500.7nm line – higher than many other narrowband filters – this OIII (Oxygen) filter allows you to pick out the faint details in nebulae structures. SII (Silicon) and Ha (Hydrogen-alpha) filters are also available.
4. Starizona Nexus 2-inch Reducer/Coma Corrector
Price £499 • Supplier The Widescreen Centre • Tel 01353 776199 • www.widescreen-centre.co.uk
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This coma corrector will ensure that your Newtonian telescope functions at its best when photographing the cosmos. The reducer decreases the focal length by 0.75x to give a large field of view and reduce exposure times.
5. Planet Map Sweatshirt
Price £40 • Supplier Science Museum • https://shop.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Show your love for the bodies of the Solar System with this jumper. It’s inspired by the iconic London Underground map and is packed with statistics.
6. Planet Coasters
Price £13.85 • Supplier The Little Green Bag • www.thelittlegreenbag.co.uk
Recreate the Solar System while protecting your coffee table with this six-coaster set. The glass discs have depictions of the Sun, Moon, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune. Comes with a plastic storage holder.