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Bintel 84 Wentworth park road, Glebe, 2073, NSW
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Christmas Gifts for Astronomers of Every Age for under $50
Here's some $50 gift ideas! Handy astro gizmos or summer reading. Ready to pick up or store or send to anywhere in Australia. You can check out our Christmas 2025 Shipping Dates here
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$29.00
Orion Moon Map 260 | Orion Telescopes and Binoculars Orion Moon Map 260 | Orion Telescopes and Binoculars
- The meticulously detailed Moon Map 260 is a must-have for any backyard astronomer
- Map identifies over 260 lunar features including craters, valleys, ancient lava flows, mountain ranges, all successful US and Soviet lunar mission landing sites, and more
- Conveniently laminated for protection against dew, dirt, and the elements
- Measures 25.25″ x 11″ when fully unfolded, and folds up to 8.5″ x 11″ for easy portability
- Includes both correct-image and reversed “mirror image” maps of the Moon for easy use with binoculars, unaided eyes, or any telescope
Orion Moon Map 260 | Orion Telescopes and Binoculars
The bright face of our planet’s Moon has been inspiring astronomers for centuries. Since the Moon is much closer to Earth than any other object in the night sky, views of its illuminated surface are amazingly detailed when observed through binoculars or a telescope. Intriguing craters, craggy mountains, and vast “seas” of ancient lava flows make for wonderful targets for backyard astronomers. With the affordable Orion Moon Map 260, you can easily identify, locate and learn about the many interesting features of Earth’s only natural satellite.
The Moon Map identifies over 260 of the most popular lunar surface features including craters, mountain ranges, valleys, rilles, “seas” and more. Each feature is cross-referenced in the MoonMap’s tables with its official name, size and a brief description. In addition to lunar landscape features, all successful spacecraft landing sites from US Apollo, Surveyor and Ranger Probe missions as well as Soviet Luna Probe missions are also clearly identified on the map.
We’ve designed the Orion MoonMap 260 with versatility in mind. Both a correct-image and reversed, or “mirror image” view of the Moon are included on the map, so it can be used when observing the Moon with unaided eyes, binoculars; or any refractor, reflector, or Cassegrain telescope. The map is conveniently laminated for use in almost any weather.
Using the Moon Map 260 is easy. Simply find the reference number of the lunar feature you wish to identify on the map, and then look up its name using the map’s numerical index. Conversely, if you wish to locate a specific named feature with your telescope or binoculars, use the map’s numerical index to find the lunar feature’s reference number, then locate the number and feature on the map. For ease of use, the reference numbers are roughly ordered from north to south (top to bottom).
The Orion MoonMap 260 measures 25.25″ x 11″ when fully unfolded, and folds up to 8.5″ x 11″. The tri-fold MoonMap 260 is plastic laminated for long-lasting durability as well as protection against dew, dirt, and the occasional coffee spill.
Whether you’re an experienced amateur astronomer or a novice just beginning to explore the night sky, the MoonMap 260 will help you make each moonlit night more memorable. It’s a must-have for any of our fellow “Luna”tics!
$24.99
Celestron Moon Filter
The Moon has the distinction of being the most often viewed celestial object through backyard telescopes. It is undoubtedly beautiful and mysterious, and is one of those constants in our lives that connects us to every other being on our planet. Regardless of who we are or where we live or travel, we all look at the same moon.
It is difficult to look at the Moon through a telescope and see all of the details due to its brightness. Our eyes are not ready for the bright beam of light that emits from the eyepiece, and they “stop down”, just as they would when you step out into the sunlight on a bright summer’s day. When we’re in the sunlight, we often wear sunglasses. They help us relax our eyes, protect us from glare, and help us see things more clearly. When amateur astronomers observe the Moon, we use a moon filter. A Celestron Moon Filter provides similar benefits to those of sunglasses...our eye relaxes and opens up to let us see more detail. This is especially important when observing the Moon when it is near full.
The Celestron Moon Filter simply screws onto the insert barrel of most 1.25” eyepieces. It only takes a second or two to transform your regular eyepiece into one suited for lunar observations. A Moon Filter is also helpful when observing Venus or bright terrestrial scenes. This filter is not suitable for viewing the Sun.
$35.00
Celestron Night Vision Red LED Torch
A red flashlight is one of the most beneficial accessories you can own as an amateur astronomer, no matter how occasional your night sky observations may be. Also, if you plan to observe with other people, whether at a star party or in your own neighborhood, a red flashlight is an important part of good star party etiquette.
When you are outside doing astronomy, or any night-time activity that requires you to see as well as possible, any white light is a detriment. Every time you use white light, your eyes react. The pupils contract, making their aperture smaller, and a smaller aperture always means less light-gathering, whether we are talking about your eyes or your optical equipment.
A red flashlight allows you to see your star charts, find an eyepiece in your accessory case, or pick your way over telescope cables and other obstacles without affecting your night vision. The better your night vision, the more you can see in the eyepiece.
The Celestron Night Vision Flashlight uses two LED’s to provide variable red illumination. Use the thumb wheel to adjust the light as you need it. The square shape of the flashlight keeps it from rolling off of your observing table to the ground. A lanyard is attached so you can wear it around your neck. The Night Vision Flashlight is powered by a 9V battery (included).
$20.00
Lens Pen Hurricane Blower
After purchasing an optical component, exercising proper care in cleaning is important to maintain its quality and extend its usable lifetime. Using the correct product and method of cleaning are as important as actually cleaning the optics themselves.
Poor cleaning practices can damage polished surfaces or specialized coatings that have been used on optics such as lenses, mirrors and filters thus degrading performance.
A good hurricane blower is a must have in any cleaning kit. It will deliver a high volume burst of air and remove much of the dust on your delicate optics without actually touching the glass or its coatings.
Should always be used first when cleaning any optic to remove any dust particle prior to cleaning.
The LensPEN Hurricane blower has the following features:
- Perfect for cleaning dust off lenses, filters, CCD sensors and SLR mirrors.
- Powerful blasts of air clean safely.
- High quality non-toxic rubber bulb.
- Resistant to high and low temperatures and tear proof.
- Double-valve design prevents breathing in dust and refills quickly.
- Eyepieces Fogging up at night, give them a shot of air to clear them up.
$39.00
ZWO 1.25″ IR UV CUT filter is suitable for colour camera with AR protect window.
The ZWO IR Cut Filter 1.25 blocks infrared light from reaching the sensor of your CCD or CMOS camera or your expensive H-alpha filter. When imaging, the addition of this simple and inexpensive accessory will result in sharper images, and when doing solar work, the IR Cut Filter will your protect H-alpha filter from the damaging effects of infrared radiation.
Infrared or IR light is invisible to the human eye, and so even though most telescopes are not designed to focus IR light, it does not matter when you are using your telescope visually. However, when you add a camera to the mix, its a whole other story! Unlike the human eye, a silicon sensor is very sensitive to light in the infrared portion of the spectrum, and that is a problem because infrared images are blurry as all get out. That means your nice, sharp visual light image is degraded by the addition of the infrared layer. This problem can easily be solved by blocking the infrared, and the ZWO IR Cu filter 1.25 will do just that.
The ZWO IR Cut filter is housed in a 1.25” cell, and has internal threads so that you can stack filters together. The filter comes with a protective plastic case.
If you have a Celestron FirstScope telescope and want even more versatility and portability, take a look at the Celestron FirstScope Telescope Accessory Kit! It includes six separate pieces that will enhance your observations and help you learn even more about the Universe.
Get Help Finding Objects
When you are observing something big, like the Moon, it is fairly easy to point your telescope along its line of sight and get that object in your eyepiece. However, smaller objects are much easier to locate in your telescope if you have a finderscope to help do the work. This 5x24 finderscope and bracket is made to attach to the FirstScope without tools. It magnifies the view by 5X and has optics 24 mm in diameter. Once you have attached the finderscope to your telescope tube and have done some simple alignments, you will be able to point with the finder instead of the telescope itself.
Choose Your Magnification
Anyone who has a telescope will tell you that you can’t have too many eyepieces. Every eyepiece offers a different magnification and a different field of view. In the FirstScope Accessory Kit, you will get two 1.25” eyepieces. One is a 12.5 mm model, and will magnify objects 24X more than your eyes alone can see. The second eyepiece is a 6 mm, and will boost the power even further, to 50X. Remember, the lower the number of the eyepiece, the higher the magnification!
See More Detail on the Moon
The Moon is beautiful, but it is bright, especially when full. A Moon Filter works the same way sunglasses do for your eyes on a bright, sunny day. The filter lowers the amount of light reaching your eye, and allows it to relax and see details that would not be visible in an unfiltered view of the Moon due to glare. The Moon Filter screws onto the barrel of all of your 1.25” eyepieces, giving you a choice of filtered magnification. (Note: Do not use the Moon filter for solar observation.)
Learn More About the Sky
Starry Night Basic Edition is included in the FirstScope Accessory Kit. The software can be downloaded on your PC (Windows 7, XP, and Vista) or Mac (10.4.8 or later) computers. Learn the constellations, print out star charts for an upcoming observing session, and learn how to identify planets and stars, and more!
Store & Carry Your Telescope Easily
When your FirstScope telescope and accessories are not in use, store them in this nylon tote bag! Having everything together in one easily-identifiable carry bag will make it even quicker to grab your telescope and get outside to see the latest comet, bright, shining planet, or lunar eclipse!
$29.00
The largest planet in our solar system is a joy to explore with a telescope, and the Orion Jupiter Map & Observing Guide is loaded with educational information and tips to help you get the most out of each and every view of Jupiter. With its bold equatorial cloud belts and swirling storms including the famous Great Red Spot, the planet Jupiter is an ideal telescopic target for beginners and experienced stargazers alike. The Orion Jupiter Map & Observing Guide is packed with observing tips, filter recommendations for viewing and imaging Jupiter, and features beautifully detailed images of the gas giant planet. Use it along with your telescope to identify Jovian atmospheric features including belts, zones, regions, and bright and dark features using official nomenclature.
Jupiter's four brightest moons; Io, Europa, Callisto and Ganymede, provide backyard astronomers with a different view each night as they orbit the gas giant planet in a celestial dance. The Jupiter Map & Observing Guide includes a list of helpful hints for observing Jupiter's Galilean moons, and features an illustrated selection of rare Jovian moon events from 2014 to 2020, making it easy to plan observing sessions so you don't miss any of these unique moon formations around the gas giant planet. This ideal tool for observing Jupiter even includes lists of all oppositions, conjunctions, and even asteroid flyby events from 2014 to 2020.
The Jupiter Map & Observing Guide measures 25.25" x 11" when fully unfolded, and folds up to 8.5" x 11". The tri-fold Jupiter Map & Observing Guide is plastic laminated for long-lasting durability as well as protection against dew, dirt, and the occasional coffee spill.
- Includes lists of all Jupiter oppositions, observable conjunctions from 2014 to 2020
- Features an illustrated selection of rare Jovian moon events from 2014 to 2020
- Plastic-laminated for durability, the Jupiter Map measures 25.25" x 11" when fully unfolded, and folds up to 8.5" x 11" for easy portability
$29.00
Colour eyepiece filters are essential for observing the moon and planets. They effectively reduce glare and light scattering, improve contrast through selective filtration, and enhance definition and resolution.
Bintel's filters are constructed with top-notch, uniform glass and are coated to minimize reflections and ghosting. They are threaded to fit 1.25" eyepieces and provide a generous 26mm clear aperture.
#12 Yellow Filter
The #12 yellow filter enhances Jupiter’s cloud bands, particularly the lighter zones and the Great Red Spot, improves Mars' surface details, such as polar ice caps and dust storms, and sharpens contrast on the Moon, highlighting the maria and highlands.
#15A Dark Yellow Filter
The #15A dark yellow filter improves contrast on Jupiter's cloud belts, especially in the darker equatorial regions and the Great Red Spot, reveals surface features on Mars such as ridges and valleys, and enhances the details of lunar craters and shadows along the terminator.
#21 Orange Filter
The #21 orange filter helps define the atmospheric cloud structures on Jupiter and Saturn, enhancing features like the Great Red Spot and Saturn’s cloud bands, sharpens the visibility of Mars’ dust storms and polar ice caps, and brings out lunar surface details, particularly in shadowed areas.
#23A Light Red Filter
The #23A light red filter enhances the contrast of surface features on Mars, such as ice caps, dust storms, and topography, improves the visibility of Jupiter’s cloud belts and storms like the Great Red Spot, and highlights the Moon’s surface features along the terminator, including craters and maria.
#29 Dark Red Filter
The #29 dark red filter significantly enhances the contrast of Mars’ surface features like its ice caps, dust storms, and valleys, brings out darker regions and bands in Jupiter's atmosphere, and improves lunar contrast, especially in low-light areas and the terminator.
#38A Dark Blue Filter
The #38A dark blue filter enhances Jupiter’s cloud details, especially the lighter and darker zones and the Great Red Spot, improves the visibility of cloud layers on Saturn, and helps to bring out surface features such as the polar ice caps as well as dust storms on Mars by enhancing atmospheric contrasts.
#47 Violet Filter
The #47 violet filter brings out atmospheric features on Jupiter, such as cloud bands and storm systems, enhances the visibility of cloud layers on Saturn, and improves the contrast of Venus' upper atmosphere, revealing subtle cloud structures and atmospheric patterns.
#58A Dark Green Filter
The #58A dark green filter increases contrast in Jupiter’s cloud bands and atmospheric details, such as the Great Red Spot and polar regions, enhances Saturn’s ring details and cloud structures, improves the visibility of Mars’ surface features like polar ice caps and dust storms, and sharpens Venus’ cloud patterns.
$29.00
The affordable Orion Saturn Map & Observing Guide is a wonderful tool for backyard astronomers of all skill levels who want to enrich their observations and understanding of this unique gas giant planet and its spectacular ring system. We've packed the tri-fold Saturn Map & Observing Guide with beautiful images and useful tips to help you get the most out of each view of Saturn. With this Map & Observing Guide at your side, you'll learn interesting information about Saturn's many moons, its extensive ring system, ring tilt cycle, and more. The Map will help you learn to identify light and dark atmospheric features of Saturn using official nomenclature. You'll appreciate the thorough list of recommended filters to help enhance visual views and astrophotos of Saturn, and the detailed list of all upcoming conjunctions and oppositions of Saturn from 2014 through 2020 will help you plan ahead to catch these interesting events.
The Saturn Map & Observing Guide measures 25.25" x 11" when fully unfolded, and folds up to 8.5" x 11". The tri-fold Saturn Map & Observing Guide is plastic laminated for long-lasting durability as well as protection against dew, dirt, and the occasional coffee spill.
- Includes lists of all Saturn oppositions, observable conjunctions from 2014 to 2020
- Lists best filters for visual observation and astrophotography of Saturn
- Plastic-laminated for durability, the Saturn Map measures 25.25" x 11" when fully unfolded, and folds up to 8.5" x 11" for easy portability
$22.99
Diagrams drawn for the latitude of southern Australia, but including events visible from New Zealand and South Africa.
Written and illustrated by astronomical experts.
Content includes:
- Advice on where to start looking
- Easy-to-use star maps for each month with descriptions of what to see
- Special, detailed charts for positions of planets, minor planets and comets in 2026
- Seasonal charts
- Details of dark sky sites
- Details of objects and events you might see in 2026
- Diagrams of notable events visible from Australia, and some for New Zealand and South Africa
$39.00
Enhance your stargazing experience with the Saxon 1.25" Moon & Skyglow Filter, an essential accessory for amateur astronomers and astrophotographers. This filter is designed to fit any 1.25-inch telescope eyepiece, significantly improving lunar observations by reducing glare and boosting contrast, revealing craters and lunar seas in exceptional detail.
Born and raised in remote Broken Hill, Trevor Barry left school after year ten to work in the mines. Years later, a single glimpse of Saturn through a colleague's telescope knocked Trevor's world completely off its axis, turning his whole life upside down.
With his newfound passion and armed with decades of outback know-how, Trevor set about building an observatory in his backyard using bits and pieces from his shed, a second-hand washing machine motor, rainwater tank parts and an old catamaran wire. It took some canny negotiations with his wife, Cheryl, 'the Gorgeous and Adorable', whose prized garden took a battering - especially when he decided to add a second storey - but before long Trevor was not just gazing at the stars but capturing extraordinary images of the planets.
Over the years, Trevor's love affair with Saturn, 'the ringed jewel of the solar system', only grew more passionate, and in his early fifties he did a degree in astronomy, topping his class.
When he recorded a massive storm on Saturn from his backyard observatory, he alerted NASA. The world's greatest space agency took note and invited Trevor to contribute to its interplanetary research - leading to opportunities far beyond Broken Hill and even Trevor's wildest dreams.
Today, when he's not tending the greens at his local bowls club, Trevor can usually be found in his backyard, collecting data for international research projects. His work is held in high regard by professional astronomers, and his observations are published in peer-reviewed scientific journals around the world.
About Trevor
Trevor Barry has called Broken Hill home his whole life. At 17, he started work in the local mines and built a good life there, married to his high school sweetheart, Cheryl, the Gorgeous and Adorable. But then Trevor fell in love again - not with Cheryl, but with a planet: Saturn. Just one look through a telescope changed his life forever. First he built his own telescope, and then an observatory - until finally, at 51, Trevor decided to gaze at the stars full time and enrolled at university to study astronomy. He now collects data vital to NASA research and is renowned for his extraordinary photographs of the planets.
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