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The new Hestia telescope by Vaonis is the third of the company’s innovative instruments I have reviewed, and once again, I’m impressed. Vaonis named their creation for the Greek goddess of the hearth ...

When the Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie first tried to canoe across North America in 1789, he unwittingly followed a river that led him north to the Arctic instead of west to the Pacific. When ...

If you've ever pointed your smartphone's camera skyward on a full moon, chances are you were pretty disappointed with the result. French smart telescope maker Vaonis is aiming to get you closer to the ...

Hestia mobile phone stargazing device, or telescope, is the world's first mobile phone-based star spotter from Vaonis, the company behind the Stellina and Vespera smart telescopes. It works when you ...

The Hesta is not a telescope, at least not in the conventional sense, and on its own it's not a smart instrument, either — it contains no computer and no moving parts. Basically, when coupled with a ...

The new Hestia telescope by Vaonis is the third of the company's innovative instruments I have reviewed, and once again, I'm impressed. Vaonis named their creation for the Greek goddess of the hearth ...