Last call for entries for the 2023 BINTEL Astrophotography Competition- closing this week on the 15th of November

Nikon Prostaff P7 Binoculars in stock - Lightweight, affordable quality optics

Saxon 8" Dobsonian Telescope in stock - $699 treat for visual observers

More DWARF II Smart Telescopes arrive - drop by to grab one!

Plenty of BINTEL Eyepieces available - ideal upgrade for telescopes of all types

Win a pair of Kite Image Stabilising binoculars worth $1999- Free Entry with your BINTEL Purchase

RIP Lunar Astronaut Frank Borman - one of the first humans to travel to another world

This week in Space News - new colour images from the Euclid space telescope hint at the unseen

Another deep-sky astro image taken with a DWARF II Smart Telescope this time by Stanley Spiropoulos and sent in via the BINTEL website. He's been able to capture the details and beauty of the Carina Nebulae in the far southern skies.

To be featured, you can send us your Astro and Nature images here or post them the BINTEL Society Facebook Group where you can join 1.5k fellow astronomy and nature fanatics! 

Last call for entries for the 2023 BINTEL Astrophotography Competition- closing this week on the 15th of November

It's getting closer - entries for the BINTEL Astrophotographer competition close on the 15th of November. We've had some amazing submissions sent to us so far, with several folks telling us the competition has been a catalyst to learn more and hone their techniques. 

Even if you're just starting your astro imaging journey, enter the BINTEL competition. You might be producing better photos than you think.

Nikon Prostaff P7 Binoculars in stock - Lightweight, affordable quality optics

Popular Nikon binoculars available now from $299

Nikon P7 8x30 Binoculars - $299

BINTEL has good stock of the Nikon Prostaff P7 binoculars available. 

The Nikon Prostaff series is another range of binoculars popular with both nature and sports fans for many years.

The latest version - the P7 - continues with the previous generations of Prostaff binoculars' light weight and bright, clear optics. They're also great value and some of the most affordable quality binoculars we sell. As always, feel free to pop into the BINTEL showroom. We're always happy to let you look through and evaluate different pairs of binoculars to help you find the best viewing for you needs.

Saxon 8" Dobsonian Telescope in stock - $699 treat for visual observers

There's nothing like seeing the night sky with your own eyes!

The Saxon 8" Dobsonian (or "Dob" to its friends) for just $699.

For visual observing, it's hard to beat a Dobsonian telescope.  "Classic" Dobs are Newtonian style reflecting telescopes on a stable, but easy to use base. Their simplicity makes them ideal for those serious beginners wanting to learn about the night sky with a telescope that's large enough to give them years of astro viewing. The 8" (or 200mm) size refers to the diameter of the main mirror. This is large enough to see details in nebula, galaxies, planets and star clusters, but not so bulky that the telescope and base can't be easily moved. 

8" Dobs have been one of the most popular telescopes at BINTEL for decades and we simply can't recommend them too highly!

More DWARF II Smart Telescopes arrive - drop by to grab one!

A large shipment of DWARF II Smart Telescopes has just landed at BINTEL.

The DWARF II Smart Telescope (Deluxe version) in stock now for $899 

The shipment of DWARF II Smart Telescope we mentioned last week has arrived at BINTEL and are now available to order online or buy in-store.

Please note these are the Deluxe edition - with all the optional DWARF II extras such as filters and spare battery included for just an extra $100.  There's *no* difference to the telescopes themselves between and the standard and deluxe editions. Both have the same DWARF II Smart Telescope included. 

If you'd like to check out the DWARF II, we have one on display and ready to be put through its paces or contact BINTEL for a chat about which smart telescope is best for you. 

Plenty of BINTEL Eyepieces available - ideal upgrade for telescopes of all types

A great range of BINTEL eyepieces are always available. 

BINTEL 32mm Plossl eyepiece in a 1.25" diameter size - $59

In addition to premium eyepieces such as those from Tele Vue and others, we have a wide range of our own BINTEL eyepieces in both 1.25" and 2" diameter size. These make affordable upgrades for the eyepieces that are provided with most telescopes. 

A small part of the BINTEL eyepiece selection - many more online here.

You might want to expand the range of magnifications that your current eyepieces offer or improve the quality of your views. Remember - your eyepiece is one half of your telescope's optics! We know selecting the right eyepiece can be a bit confusing, especially for beginners, and that's why the experts at BINTEL are on hand to assist. 

Win a pair of Kite Image Stabilising binoculars worth $1999- Free Entry with your BINTEL Purchase

Purchase anything from BINTEL from a $19.50 Audubon Bird Call to a Planewave mount and telescope between the 1st and the 30th of November to go into the draw to win a pair of Kite 16x42 Stabilized Binoculars - worth $1999.

Full details on the giveaway can be found below. 

RIP Lunar Astronaut Frank Borman - one of the first humans to travel to another world.

Following on from the news of the death of Apollo astronaut Ken Mattingly we reported last week, Apollo 8 and Gemini 7 Astronaut Frank Borman has also passed away this week.

Commander Frank Borman leads out the Apollo 8 crew in December 1968 as they prepare to be the first humans to leave Earth's orbit. 

More sad news for the space community. Apollo 8 and Gemini 7 Astronaut, Frank Borman, passed away this week at the age of ninety-five. 

The Apollo 8 mission in December 1968 is remembered as being especially important as it was the first time that astronauts had ridden the Saturn V rocket.  It was also the first mission to fly humans beyond Earth orbit and on to the Moon.  Apollo 8 was a major step in overcoming the problems the Apollo program had been faced with and paved the way for a successful landing on the Moon's surface by the Apollo 11 mission a few months later in July 1969.

Apollo 8 also produced the memorable "Earthrise" image. 

This week in Space News - new colour images from the Euclid space telescope hint at the unseen.

Some of the best, widefield colour images taken from space have been released this week.

Euclid shows us a spectacularly panoramic and detailed view of the Horsehead Nebula, also known as Barnard 33 and part of the constellation Orion.

ESA (European Space Agency) released a series this week of images from its Euclid space telescope.

Many of us are used to seeing detailed images from space by instruments like the Hubble Space Telescope, and more recently, from the James Webb Space Telescope.  Both of these telescopes have thrilled the world with their photos of Solar System and deep-sky objects in our Milky Way galaxy and far beyond. However, the size of the "patch" of sky they can observe is small. 

Euclid's images are much larger in size. The objects released in its first samples take up a much larger part of the night sky compared to other space telescopes. By producing such large, colour images Euclid will help us compile an entire sky atlas and study its evolution over time, and how Dark Matter and Dark Energy have made the Universe the way it is. More from the link below.

Next week: Specials? Are there specials on the way at this time of the year? 😀