Starizona's Hyperion Telescope Gets Hot New Product Award!

Sky & Telescope magazine has selected Starizona's Hyperion 12.5" f/8 astrograph as one of its 2010 Hot New Products. Check it out in the January issue of S&T. See more details on the Hyperion here.

Hyperion Video
We've posted our first StarizonaTV video on YouTube. It features the Hyperion astrograph. You can see all the Hyperion's features in action. Watch the video here.

HyperStar Goes to the White House
Starizona was invited to the White House on October 7th to share the sky with 150 school kids. We took two HyperStar-equipped telescopes. See pictures here.

Hyperion Telescope Production Begins!
We've begun the assembly of the first production Hyperion 12.5" f/8 telescopes. The Hyperion is the most state-of-the-art astrographic telescope available. Standard features include an instrument rotator, temperature-compensating autofocuser, integrated telescope control panel, cooling fans, dew heaters, and wireless control of all electronic features! Optically, the Hyperion is no slouch either: it has a 70mm flat aberration-free field of view, giving pinpoint stars across the full field of any CCD. Check out all the info on the Hyperion website or visit the Hyperion product page.

Celestron EdgeHD Telescopes
Celestron has announced a new optical design, the Edge HD. The design modifies a standard SCT design by producing a coma-free, flat field of view. Get true astrograph quality with the Edge HD series. The Edge HD scopes come standard with removeable secondary mirrors for HyperStar compatibility, allowing imaging at a fast f/2!

Edge HD Accessories from Starizona

Observatory for Sale in Tucson

Baader Planetarium
Baader Planetarium is now the exclusive distributor of Starizona's HyperStar products in Germany and Austria. Check out their HyperStar advertisement (PDF in German). Visit Baader Planetarium's website.

Reduced Price on NexStar SE Telescopes
Celestron has permanently reduced the price on all NexStar SE models. Save up to $200!

New Starizona Power Pack Available Now!
The all new Starizona Power Pack will run your telescope all night and is designed to eliminate cord-wrap with alt-az SCTs such as the Celestron CPC series.

Star Vistas
Astrophotographer Greg Parker and image processing guru Noel Carboni have combined their talents to produce a beautiful new book: Star Vistas. The book contains stunning images of the universe, many taken with Starizona's HyperStar imaging system.

Messier Marathon with HyperStar
Rich Richins pulled an all-nighter and captured all 110 Messier objects with his HyperStar 11 and Canon 350D. Exposures were 8 x 15 seconds for each object. See the impressive results here.

400 Years of the Telescope DVD
This beautifully filmed documentary covers the amazing four-century history of telescopic astronomy.

Astronomy Magazine HyperStar Article
Check out astrophotographer Jack Newton's article on Starizona's HyperStar system in April's Astronomy magazine.

Comet Lulin in Motion!
Check out this great video (24MB AVI) of Comet Lulin moving across the sky from Fred Lehman. Fred captured 2 hours of images with his HyperStar M14 and compressed the sequence into just a few seconds.

TeleVue Ethos Eyepieces in Stock!
We have a limited supply of TeleVue's amazing new Ethos series 100-degree field-of-view eyepieces available now!

HyperStar Image of Comet Lulin makes APOD
Rich Richin's spectacular image of Comet Lulin was selected for the Astronomy Picture of the Day, February 25th. Check out his image, taken with a HyperStar C11.

New HyperStar C6!
Introducing the newest, cutest member of the HyperStar family. The new HyperStar C6 is designed to convert a Celestron 6" SCT into a fast, wide-field imaging telescope. Capture up to a 2.2-degree field at an ultra-fast f/1.9!

HyperStar Articles
Check out these two featured articles from the October issue of Astronomy Technology Today.

HyperStar 3 for Celestron 11
The HyperStar 3 lens for the Celestron 11" SCT allows for coverage of sensors up to 27mm, providing a large 2.3 x 1.5 degree field of view at f/2! The new HyperStar 3 is also compatible with DSLRs.

QHY8 CCD Camera
The QHY8 has quickly become our most popular CCD camera, and for good reason. A 6.0 megapixel, one-shot color CCD for just $1499! Plus it's the perfect match for wide-field imaging with HyperStar! The images below were taken with a HyperStar C8 and QHY8. The Orion Nebula exposure was 30x60 seconds and Andromeda was 10x60 seconds, both unguided. Note the 3+ degree field of view! Click on the images for more QHY8 shots.

MaxIm DL 5 Tutorials
The first video tutorials are now available for MaxIm DL version 5!

HyperStar Video
Check out the HyperStar video tutorials, including a new video showing how easy it is to install the HyperStar lens on a telescope!

Celestron SkyScout
The popular Celestron SkyScout is now just $199!

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Special
New lower prices on Starlight Xpress CCD cameras!

New Website
Check out the new hyperstarimaging.com for HyperStar info plus a user gallery and forum!

Lunt Solar Systems
Check out the new line of solar telescopes and filters from Lunt Solar Systems

Top Picks
We've selected our favorite items from telescopes and binoculars to books and accessories!

Download
Check out the Starizona Product Catalog featuring all of our unique telescope accessories (2.4mb PDF file)

Read the HyperStar article in Astronomy Technology Today

Read the MicroTouch Autofocuser article in Astronomy Technology Today

Welcome to Starizona! In addition to a complete selection of astronomical products, we offer free online resources such as our award-winning Guide to CCD Imaging and more. We also manufacture unique products such as the HyperStar imaging system. Our staff consists of experienced observers and astrophotographers who love to share their knowledge. Please feel free to contact us for advice or answers to any of your questions.