The Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) is adding two new models to its line of specialized, high-resolution CCD cameras for astrophotography and spectography. The ST-8300M and ST-8300C both feature ...

Charge-coupled devices (CCDs) have revolutionized amateur astronomy, enabling astrophotography from previously unsuitable locations due to their enhanced light sensitivity and associated software ...

The Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope has captured its first on-sky images with the production Sinistro CCD camera. Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT), with first lights at nine ...

Although one can begin to explore amateur astrophotography with a smartphone camera or a webcam, today's tool of choice for this pastime is a special-purpose, cooled CCD camera. The case in point is ...

The world's largest astronomical camera has been installed on Palomar Observatory's 48-inch Oschin Telescope in California. This telescope has been working to improve our understanding of the universe ...

Telescope Cameras for Amateur Astro-Photographers The Imaging Source, an international manufacturer of imaging hardware and software for astronomy, has released a series of highly affordable, low ...

According to CEFCA, JPCam is the definitive scientific instrument of the OAJ JST/T250 telescope, designed to perform large sky surveys. JPCam is the second largest astronomical camera in the world, ...

For most of the past 150 years, amateur astrophotography has been for only those who had unlimited patience and deep pockets. Then, in 1969, two scientists, Willard Boyle and George E. Smith working ...

CCD sensors were once all the rage in digital photography, but they have since been replaced by CMOS technology. Why did the ...

When a group of five friends started staring at the night skies over Santa Barbara back in the 1980s, no one would have guessed that their after-work passion would turn into a full-time profession.

This morning, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three researchers who made advances in optical technologies. Charles Kao won the half the prize for leading the search for development of ...

Chris Welch is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, ...