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INDUSTRYNEWSSubscribe Now!!!ASTRONOMYTECHNOLOGY TODAYSKY & TELESCOPES&T Editors announce Hot Products for 2009Like other astro-tech enthusiasts, we anxiouslyawait each annual announcement of theSky & Telescope Editors’ Choice Hot Productslist and that for 2009 did not disappoint. Wewish to commend S&T on the excellence of itschoices and to extend a special congratulationto each of the following companies (whose supporthas helped make the publication of ATTpossible) for the selection of their products.Orion Telescopes & Binoculars has threeentries this year: the StarShoot Pro Deep SpaceColor CCD high-resolution, 6.1-megapixel,one-shot color, cooled camera, the Premium190-mm f/5.3 Mak-Newt Astrograph, and itsultra-compact and lightweight StarShootAutoGuider. (www.oriontelescopes.com)Adirondack Astronomy’s new and innovativeFireballCam also captured notice. Thiswide-field, fully enclosed and weatherproofed,heated and cooled video system isoptimized to record fireballs, meteors, andsuch exotic events as “Sprites,” “Elves,” and“Blue Jets.” (www.astrvid.com)Deep Sky Instruments’ (DSI) RC10TrueRC also garnered mention. The 10-inchf/7.3 DSI10 features optics by StarInstruments, maker of RC optics for over 30years and is available as the RC10C whichadds a corrector to remove off-axis, wide-fieldastigmatism and to flatten the field of curvature.The RC10 is featured in ATT 07/08.(www.deepskyinstruments.com)ChronosMount’s harmonic-drive basedmounts are truly unique. Imagine equatorialmounts rated for loads from 125 to 1000pounds without counterweights, clutches,or meridian flip! Read more aboutChronosMount in ATT 11/07.(www.chronosmount.com)The versatile new David H. Levy CometHunter from Explore Scientific features a 152-mm f/4.8 Mak-Newt design and state-of-theartconstruction and components, with carbon-fibertube, 10:1 2-speed Crayford, 8x50correct-image, and illuminated-reticle finder.(www.exporescientific.com)S&T has, for the second year, designatedTele Vue’s Ethos Eyepieces as a Hot Product,with 2009 adding new focal lengths of 6, 8and 17 mm. See ATT 04/08 for feature coverageof the 8-mm Ethos. (www.televue.com)ScopeStuff’s Negative Profile EyepieceAdapter earned its Hot Product standing bydoing something very simple very well. Theadapter allows 1.25-inch eyepieces to be insettoward the objective, yielding 0.75 inch ofadditional in-focus, and we’ve all needed thatfrom time to time. (www.scopestuff.com)DOBSERVATORYThe Home Model is the perfect design of form, functionand, of course, pricing with every feature you’llneed for the ultimate in observing! The Home Modelis available in sizes from 7'6" x 7'6" to 15'6" x 15'6".Our newest offering, the Dobservatory is specificallydesigned for the low pivot point of DOBs allowingyou to view near the horizon. The Dobservatory isavailable in sizes from 7'6" x 7'6" to 15'6" x 15'6".HOME MODELFrom Maine to California, Montana to Texas, BYO builds the highest quality roll-off roof observatories onthe market today. We are now beginning our 6th year of providing turn key observatory solutionsthroughout the U.S. and have gained experience second to none.