European Astrofest 2019 and the 1st Practical Astronomy Show

27th March 201921st March 2022 Dave Astrofest 2019, Astronomy day out, Free astro show, Practical Astronomy Show

nPAE was pleased to demonstration our full line up of products at both of these show in February and March.

As always European Astrofest brought the big names of Astronomy like Dr Brian May and Dr Allan Chapman to their London stage to rock the audience. The Practical Astronomy Show is the UK’s newest astro event and the only one with free entry and free talks.

Both shows had people queuing from before the opening. The nPAE team was rushed off their feet talking people through the features of the 6061 rotating eyepiece turret; our ground breaking Theia90 combined filter changer / star diagonal and our inline magnetically held astro imaging filter holder.

Enjoy the photo gallery of these fantastic events!

Alpha Lyra Reviews

On Our Theia 90 Star Diagonal
“First impressions of the diagonal itself are very favourable, looking like a solid and well-engineered piece of equipment.“ “Using Jupiter and a third quarter Moon, I evaluated scatter around the object which can diminish the visibility of low contrast surface features. If there were any differences in brightness and extent of the scatter (measured against the position of the Galilean satellites), I was unable to see it.“ “All these tests lead me to conclude that mirror in the Theia90 is of high quality and very much the equal of other quality, highly reflective mirror diagonals”

On Our Cerberus Case"The team seem rather proud of these cases and just how robust they are as Nick (who stands over 6 feet tall) demonstrated to me at Astrofest by standing on the case and then jumping up and down on it. [...] the Cerberus Case would be an excellent choice for an eyepiece case or as a travel case for a small 6-8cm aperture scope and accessories for trips to dark distant lands as those dimensions comply with the most restrictive of hand baggage allowances."
Full review here

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