From the April 2025 issue

Spring for new astronomy products this month

By | Published: April 2, 2025

Sky watchers

The University of Arizona Press
Tucson, AZ

Star Gazers: Finding Joy in the Night Sky, by prolific astronomy writer David H. Levy, is a collection of personal essays celebrating amateur and professional astronomy. Bringing together his decades of sky-watching experience, this 172-page book gives readers insight into Levy’s thoughts on James Webb Space Telescope, aurorae, and more.

$19.95 paperback, $19.99 ebook
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Budget-friendly

Explore Scientific
Springdale, AR

The Explore One STAR70APP Refractor Telescope is a low-cost deep-sky and lunar scope that is good for beginners. Using the ARTelescope App, users can locate constellations, nebulae, and more. It comes with an adapter for attaching your phone to the eyepiece, as well as 26.9x and 72x eyepieces. The scope is operated by a manual, pan-handle mount.

$139.99
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Field reduction

Apertura
Qionglin, Taiwan

The 0.75x Reducer is available for the Askar 75Q telescope, allowing you to widen your field of view and incorporate more light into the scope. With the ability to pull in one-and-a-half times more light than similar products, it is designed to reduce the focal length to 303 mm. It also includes five internal lenses.

$229.95
Buy now on High Point Scientific