Log Astronomy: Save up to 20% on select astronomy accessories!

Accessories matter!

April sale includes deals on mounts, diagonals, finder scopes, imaging aids and more

Our Explore Earth & Beyond Sale is drawing to a close, but there is still time to save on select accessories designed to enhance your observing and imaging experiences.

Save on Twilight I & Twilight II mounts

The Twilight Series of mounts includes the Twilight I and Twilight II models. The Twilight I is a light-to-medium-duty alt-azimuth mount and tripod designed to quickly and easily accept small to medium sized telescopes weighing less than 18 pounds. The Twilight II mount is all about more — more weight capacity, more stability, and more telescopes! Yes, you can ride two telescopes on this mount, and it handles them with ease. The weight capacity is approximately 60 pounds.

Select imaging accessories currently 20% off

3" Field Flattener/.7x Focal Reducer - Save $80

As a field flattener, this multi-faceted imaging accessory addresses the edge-of-field aberrations caused by curved focal planes to ensure your night at the eyepiece will result in crisp, true images. As a focal reducer, this device will reduce your f-ratio by .7, which results in a wider field of view, brighter images and less exposure time. This field flattener/focal reducer boasts fully multi-coated optics and comes with a 2" adapter to accommodate different focuser sizes and two T-thread adapters.

Variable Coma Corrector - Save $60

Coma is a common optical aberration that can plague the outskirts of your image. When coma is present, stars in the center of the field will pop like precise points of light, but stars at the edge take on an unnatural comet-like shape. Explore Scientific's Coma Corrector can help you minimize or even eliminate image aberrations caused by this off-axis optical phenomenon even in fast Newtonians. Our 2" coma corrector offers multi-coated lenses, a black-anodized aluminum barrel with spacer markings and a textured rubber grip. Tightly secured by three thumbscrews, this accessory comes with two adapters (.75" and 1") to secure to your T adapter and a protective cap.

Straight-through 8x50 finder scopes
currently 20% off

Finding a specific target in the vastness of the night sky can be a daunting and frustrating task when the only tool at your disposal is a telescope. To help you hone in on the celestial wonder you seek, a good finder scope that is properly aligned is a necessity. Our finder scopes, which are essentially small 8x50 refractors, offer the low magnification and pinpointing crosshairs you need to quickly orient your telescope to a particular object or area of the sky. Our Non-Illuminated Straight-Through Finder Scope — which is currently on sale for $79.99 — is easy to use and has a simple crosshair that can be centered on your target. It offers a 6° field of view. In addition to offering the same 6° field of view and straight design as our basic model, our Illuminated Straight-Through Finder Scope — which is currently on sale for $172.79 — has an illuminated crosshair reticle with adjustable brightness, precision focus of both the main objective lens and the eyepiece and erect-image viewing.