2013 Advertiser Gift Guide

2013
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Gift Guide
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ASTRONOMICS
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Click below for all the good stuff
The right scope. The right price. The right advice.
Astronomics.
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APLEGEN INC. DBA SBIG
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SBIG STF-8300
SBIG’s STF-8300 camera is available in both mono and color. Both models use a high-resolution,
8.3 megapixel, CCD with full frame buffer and fast downloads. The cameras also have internal
image processing capability for the highest quality images. In addition, these STF models have
their own line of custom accessories including 5-position and 8-position filter wheels, a custom
off-axis guider for self-guiding and camera lens adapters for Canon EOS and Nikon lenses. Astronomy Star Product 2013.
CELESTRON
www.sbig.com/products/cameras/stf-series/stf/
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Sky-Watcher USA/Esprit ED Apo triplets
Designed with the discerning astrophotographer in mind, Sky-Watcher USA’s
top-of-the-line Esprit refractors deliver the kind of imaging performance one would
expect from telescopes costing thousands of dollars more. All Esprit refractors come
with a 9 x 50 right angle finderscope, 2-inch Star diagonal, 2-element field flattener,
camera adapter, D-style dovetail and padded case.
OCEANSIDE
PHOTO & TELESCOPE
www.skywatcherusa.com
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Tele
Vue
Tele Vue eyepieces, telescopes and accessories are the go to choice for the advanced and
beginners alike for their everlasting quality and optical perfection.
“Look for our special eyepiece offer coming soon!
With savings up to 20% you won’t want to miss this!”
www.optcorp.com • 800-483-6287
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OCEANSIDE PHOTO & TELESCOPE
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NexStar SE Instant Rebate
Save up to $200 on our best-selling NexStar SE telescopes! For the second time in
Celestron history, we will be offering a fully computerized 8” SCT telescope for $999.
$999 offer expires 12-31-13
www.optcorp.com • 800-483-6287
OCEANSIDE PHOTO & TELESCOPE
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SBIG
cameras
Since 1990, SBIG has developed a carefully curated production of cameras, bringing the
users what they want and need in a CCD camera.
Why wait for delivery of the finest SBIG cameras? OPT stocks the complete line of cameras.
Get yours in time for the holidays and comet ISON.
www.optcorp.com • 800-483-6287
OCEANSIDE PHOTO & TELESCOPE
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Astronomik
filters
Astronomik makes an entire host of narrowband and color filters to fit everything
from your 1.25” filter wheel to clipping directly onto your DSLR. OPT is the official
North American distributor of Astronomik Filters and we are proud to offer and
represent their exceptional product. www.optcorp.com • 800-483-6287
OCEANSIDE PHOTO & TELESCOPE
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TPO (Third Planet Optics) and GSO
TPO (Third Planet Optics) and GSO, a premiere telescope manufacturer in Taiwan, have
collaborated to bring you a complete line-up of astroimaging scopes. From fast 6” f/4 imaging
Newtonians to the most affordable RC (Ritchie Chrétien) telescopes in the industry, including
the recently released 16” truss tube RC ($6995), OPT stocks them all!
$6,995
www.optcorp.com • 800-483-6287
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NEW RESULTS: Planck mission resets the universe’s age p. 28
OC TOBER 2013
Of nearly 1,000 distant planets found,
we explore the most unusual p. 22
In the past 20 years, astronomers
have discovered planets unlike
anything in our solar system.
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Capturing the Sun’s atoms p. 54
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AND MORE!
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sights p. 58
Spice up images
with Hydrogenalpha p. 60
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WIN $2,500 IN OUR COMET PHOTO CONTEST! DETAILS p.7
SCIENCE FOR THE CURIOUS
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WATCH
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OCD VS. FREE WILL
Changing the way we think (literally!)
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ELEPHANTS IN THE CROSSFIRE
Civil war and slaughter turned this
researcher into an activist p.38
ENDER’S GAME
Filming the unfilmable p.68
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