Imagine exploring and photographing the Universe’s wonders from the comfort of your backyard, balcony, or even your living room. All you need is a smartphone and a smart telescope.
Astrophotography is a great way to enjoy the night sky, but the reality can be time-consuming and expensive. The need to buy, set up and find the time to use multiple telescopes, cameras and a laptop can make astrophotography a challenging hobby. At the same time, light pollution often discourages those in cities from taking up astronomy.
Cue a ‘smart’ telescope, an all-in-one device that focuses light not into an eyepiece but onto an image sensor. Smart telescopes take image after image of a faint deep-sky object, such as a galaxy, and then automatically stack those images in real time to create stunning pictures.
They connect directly to your mobile device so you can view celestial images on your smartphone or tablet instead of peering through an eyepiece. At any point, you can see the latest and best image on your smartphone, download it and share it on social media.
Some of these apps even provide a caption and full shooting details along with each image. It really is a complete game-changer in astrophotography.
Leading the way in this smart scope revolution is DwarfLab – the first brand to make smart telescopes affordable on the market. DwarfLab’s mission is to make astrophotography accessible to anyone by offering the very best in portability, affordability and automation.
One of the key advantages of smart telescopes is that they’re making astrophotography and urban astronomy easier. A remarkable feature of this technology is that it minimises the impact of light pollution.
Urban astronomy is easily affected by light pollution, but a smart telescope can be equipped with dual band filters that capture specific nebula light. This allows for an unparalleled observation experience even under heavy light pollution.
For urban astronomers, this means gaining access to celestial sights that were once obscured by the glare of city lights.
The new DWARF 3 comes with three built-in filters so you can easily increase the light-gathering power of the telescope, even for far-distant targets, and reduce the effects of light pollution in your area.
If you’ve ever wanted to safely grab images of the Sun and its surface features, such as sunspots, the DWARF 3 comes with a solar filter too.
But it’s not all about city observing: smart telescopes are designed to be easily packed into backpacks and transported to remote, dark-sky locations for those seeking the best possible views of deep-sky objects.
Wherever you’re heading, the new DWARF 3 is the world’s most portable and all-round smart telescope – it’s essentially an observatory that fits in your shoulder bag!
This compact all-in-one can go with you virtually anywhere, and with a built-in 10,000mAh battery it makes a great grab-and-go option for daytrips and holidays or just visits to your local dark-sky site.
Wherever you use them, smart telescopes are much quicker and easier to set up than traditional models. With advanced Go-To technology, these telescopes can automatically align to the night sky.
The DWARF 3 boasts a generous 35mm aperture and a powerful STARVIS 2 sensor for astounding access to deep-sky targets, as well as AI-powered noise reduction to make your pictures sharp.
The DwarfLab App makes things as effortless as can be: once set up, you simply control the telescope directly from your smartphone.
Choose your celestial targets using the user-friendly app and the telescope will swiftly slew and begin capturing breathtaking images.
You’ll be taking captivating shots in just one click. Or if you want to tailor your shots exactly how you want, there’s also full manual control.
No more braving the cold or struggling with complex setups; once a smart telescope has been set up outside, you can immerse yourself in the beauty of the cosmos while relaxing indoors in your favourite armchair.
With the DwarfLab App you can even schedule your astrophotography, go to bed and leave your DWARF 3 to do the rest!
For experienced amateur astronomers and beginners alike, smart telescopes save time and hassle.
For young people, they offer a perfect blend of technology and astronomy, bridging the gap between smartphones, social media and the captivating world of the night sky.
And with a limited-time early bird discount for the DWARF 3 available, now is the time to join the smart telescope revolution!
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