Saimons Astronomy

As the sole developer behind Collimation Circles, I’m always looking for ways to make the application more reliable, easier to maintain, and accessible to as many astrophotographers as possible. Today, I’m excited to share a major architectural update that transforms how the app handles camera connections—making it significantly simpler under the hood and far more flexible in practice.

Welcome back to Saimons Astronomy! I am thrilled to announce the official release of Moon Phase Widget 3, an application designed for those who recognize that the Moon is more than just a rock in the sky, but a beautiful phenomenon affecting our daily lives.

We are excited to announce that the latest versions of Collimation Circles (4.1.x and 5.x) now feature dedicated support for ZWO ASI cameras! This significant update enhances our Electronically Assisted Collimation (EAC) tool, helping astronomers achieve "near perfect" telescope alignment with ease. Many thanks to Mathieu Carbou to make all this possible!

Collimation Circles application enters a beta stage. All features are finished. There will be no major changes in this version. It's ready for daily usage, but some minor bugs may still be present.

I'm so proud and thankful that Collimation Circles application reached 50 stars on GitHub. This is a clear sign to me that users like my work and that application is well on it's track.

Finally! Long awaited stable release of Collimation Circles 3.2.0 is out! This version is significant milestone, because it brings some very useful new features, better performance and startup times.

Last night I had the opportunity to take these amazing photos of the truly stunning Commet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS). Seeing it with the naked eye is truly amazing! Truly a once in a lifetime event!

Michael DUBOIS (https://www.michaeldubois.be/astronomie) has done some great work by collimating his dobsonian telescope, 305 mm Explore Scientific with focal length of 1525 mm, with Collimation Circles applicaton.

I'm glad to announce that new version of Collimation Circles application is available. See below whats new or changed in this release:

After modifying secondary mirror holder in my previous blog post, I have decided that next modification will be primary mirror mask.

This is the part three of the series about Advanced Newtonian Telescope Collimation. Here are Part 1 and Part 2.