Sky-Watcher USA

07/02/2025

Happy Friday sky watchers!! Join us LIVE this morning 10AM Pacific for the What's Up? Webcast at the link below!!

The 2024 Sky-Watcher USA Target of the Month contest is a wrap and 3 finalists have been chosen! It was a great year for TOTM, we stretched your limits, and y'all delivered with some truly impressive imagery.

Tune in to the end of the episode to catch the winners!!

It's also the beginning of the month so we will be detailing all the best objects in the night (and day) time sky to train your eyeballs and camera sensors on.

Here's to a great month! Click below

What's Up? Webcast: February Night Skies (2025)(Episode 241)We check out the night skies of February for 2025; from the full moon, comets, meteor showers to ...

05/02/2025

Morale at the space agency is absurdly low, sources say.

04/02/2025

The International Warning Asteroid Network (IAWN) has issued it's first ever Potential Asteroid Impact Notification for asteroid 2024 YR4, IAWN which is approximately the size of a football field and has a >1% chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032.

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more than 20 years.

02/02/2025

February 2025 Newsletter and PROMO Announcement - https://mailchi.mp/skywatcherusa.com/february-2025-newsletter-and-promo-announcement

31/01/2025

Program gave students from underrepresented groups a taste of space science

31/01/2025

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore expected to stay at space station a week but have been there almost eight months

31/01/2025

Happy Friday sky watchers!

Join us LIVE this morning for a sit down with Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Arizona and Director of the Arizona Space Institute, Erika Hamden.

10AM Pacific at the link below! See you in the chat.

What's Up? Webcast: Dr. Erika Hamden Professor of Astrophysics & Director of Arizona Space Institute(Episode 240)Join us as we sit down with Dr. Erika Hamden...

27/01/2025

Watch it LIVE here!

Saturn is disappearing! At least for this viewing season. Don’t miss it as it slips closer to sunset every evening! Soon it’ll be gone from the evening sky. ...

24/01/2025

Happy Friday sky watchers!

Join us LIVE this morning 10AM Pacific for a deep dive into oft-overlooked world of UNDERSTANDING DIAGONALS. From star diagonals, prisms, dielectric and more there is a wide range of options to choose from. We take a look at the different offerings and what to consider when purchasing a good diagonal.

Join us in the chat at the link below!!

What's Up? Webcast: Understanding Diagonals (Episode 239)Diagonals are a popular accessories used of refractors and cassegrain telescopes. From star diagonal...

23/01/2025

From Sean Walker at Sky and Telescope:

Here's my composite of the Mars occultation taken with my C14 riding on the CQ350. It tracked great.

The mount tracked perfectly - I simply centered Mars, and I didn't have to search around for where it would re-emerge from behind the Moon an hour and 15 minutes later.

21/01/2025

Cuiv's long-awaited review of the WAVE 150i mount. And EQ6-R style tripods ands pier extensions for the WAVE mounts are almost here!!

The SkyWatcher WAVE 150i is an interesting mount: there is a lot to like about it, and it's clear that SW looked at other mounts and wondered how they could ...

21/01/2025

Heads up!

Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that the next won’t happen until 2040.

18/01/2025

I (Marketing Specialist ) had the honor of showing David Lynch the rings of Saturn and the craters of the Moon at the Saturn Awards in Burbank, CA some years ago after Twin Peaks: The Return aired and was winning awards.

I asked him what he thought of Saturn and he just kept repeating “It’s so beautiful…it’s so beautiful…”

Rest in peace, dear sir. Your art was beautiful as well.

17/01/2025

What's this? Another new product??

Happy Friday sky watchers!!

Join us LIVE 10 AM Pacific this morning at the link below to get the scoop.

Bring your questions to the chat!

What's Up? Webcast: AL-EQ55i Introduction(Episode 238)We have a new little mount to show you! Join us as we check out the new AL-EQ55i GoTo mount. This budge...

15/01/2025

For more than 24 years, NASA has supported a continuous U.S. human presence aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making

15/01/2025

Texas adopted federal limitations for headlight brightness, but experts say it's not enough to curb the hazards of LED lights.

14/01/2025

The SkyWatcher WAVE 150i is an interesting mount: there is a lot to like about it, and it's clear that SW looked at other mounts and wondered how they could ...