Fujinon image stabilising binoculars arrive this week - from just $849

Vaonis Vespera and Stellina Messier Marathon now on - your chance to capture some famous deep-sky objects

NASA's DART Mission a success - looks like we have a defence against asteroids & how Unistellar telescopes helped verify the results

Thanks for all the support for the DWARF II - the future's looking bright for smart telescopes 

Feedback on this BINTEL Newsletter - how we can improve it?

Gary Liney sent us his image of the Vela Supernova Remnant taken from Glenfield just outside Sydney. 360mm f/6 refractor telescope, a Sky-Watcher AZ-GTi mount and a ZWO ASI533MC camera were used.

Fujinon image stabilising and image correcting binoculars from $849 - great for high-power views of concerts, sports, and birdwatching.

Fujinon TECHNO-STABI TS 12x28 Binoculars - $849 - arriving soon.

Take the out shakes and keep high-power binoculars still - One of the major problems when using higher power binoculars is they're sometimes hard to keep steady. Let's face it - everyone's hands shake slightly, and this is made even trickier when you're trying to follow fast moving objects like birds or when you're on a boat. 

Fujinon TECHNO-STAB binoculars are dust, splash and waterproof making them perfect for use on boats. (One quick point - they're fine getting with wet but can't be used underwater.)

We have a fuller explanation about how image stabilising binoculars work and more information on the Fujicon TECHNO STABI models.  Click on the link below to find out more. 

Join the Vaonis Messier Marathon with your Vespera or Stellina - Get your image featured!

Our friends at Vaonis are running a month long "Messier Marathon".  Photographing or observing over a short period a number of Charles Messiers' famous deep-sky objects has a favourite for astronomers for many years. 

Click on the link below to enter!

NASA's DART mission worked! - Unistellar telescope users helped verify the results

We've previously covered NASA's DART mission, which slammed a spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos to discover if it could be moved from its orbital path. This was to test if moving a space rock this way could help if a dangerous asteroid were detected heading our way.

The results have just been published in the prestigious journal Nature, and it looks like the test worked! A network of telescopes around the world, including Unistellar eVscopes, have confirmed the asteroid was moved from its existing path. This opens up asteroid deflection as contender for planetary defence. 

You can read more about Unistellar eVscope involvement here.

There's also a video on the mission on the NASA YouTube channel that you can watch here.

Thanks for all the support for the DWARF II Smart Telescope - first shipment in Sydney now with more on the way

We were blown away by the response to the DWARF II Smart Telescope we announced in last week's newsletter! 

Like other Smart Telescopes BINTEL sells, DWARF II users are a mix of experienced astronomers wanting an easier to use and more portable astro imaging system than their current telescope, along with a those just starting their astro journey. 

The first shipment of $799 DWARF II Smart Telescopes that's just landed in Sydney sold out almost immediately. We have more arriving throughout March. Find out more from the link below or contact BINTEL to have a chat.

Can we ask for some feedback? - A few quick questions on how we can improve our weekly BINTEL Newsletter

We've had some positive feedback and useful suggestions about how we can improve our weekly BINTEL Newsletter, but we'd like to do even more. What should we do more of? Should we make the content more detailed or is it too complex? 

If you've got a couple of minutes to answer a handful of questions, we'd really appreciate your thoughts as well. Simply click on the link below.

Thanks!

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