Our goal at Cloudy Nights is to assist amateur astronomers in better understanding the equipment that goes with the hobby. We strive to accomplish this goal in three ways. by providing a forum for reviews of telescopes and accessories by providing a fo
Welcome to Cloudy Nights! Get a camera like the ASI585MC and a dual-narrow band filter like the Optolong l-Extreme. Then do EAA instead. Or get a SeeStar for a $500 investment. As for night vision accessories you have better luck getting answers to that posting in the Night Vision Ast...
Night Vision Astronomy: Night Vision Astronomy is astronomy performed with analog or digital devices capable of producing a real time view of celestial objects. This forum allows discussion of the equipment, its configuration and use, observing reports
I have read many threads in this forum, as well as other material, but I remain confused on filter sizes. For context, I ordered the Televue afocal setup. Mainly because I did not feel comfortable figuring out all the intricacies of picking the right tube criteria, getting the right casing...
The learning curve with night vision isn’t in using it at night time (which is quite easy), but in figuring out what to get and why since most of the other gear is rare or unseen with normal visual setups. Things like the TV55 plossl which hardly anyone gets visually because it isn...
I know where you are coming from with the filters. When I took the leap of faith into the Night Vision Astronomy Genre, I bought the filters that I read that others were using. These were the 7nm Ha,12nm Ha, narrowband filters, later adding a 6nm Ha, then finally a 3nm Ha narrowban...
Page 2 of 2 - star diagonal ? - posted in Night Vision Astronomy: Theyre both about the same from yellow on up. But silver does give you below yellow as well, so if you want dual use with visual, silver is a better choice. You can always add a yellow
Night Vision Phone Pics Pictures taken using my PVS-14 night vision monocular afocally with various eyepieces
So I use night vision device primarily with my camera lenses and an 8" Newtonian. Currently, the Night Vision forum is included with EAA (Electronic Assisted Astronomy) in the AP (Astrophotography) forum... just look for the NV tags in posts there. But a good way to understand what it ...
Night Vision Suggestions - posted in Night Vision Astronomy: I am interested in getting a night vision monocular or binocular. Primarily for viewing wild life in evenings but also a little star gazing I searched a few posts and see a lot of recommendat