LightBuckets today announced a new addition to the LightBuckets Telescope Network. The new imaging platform features an RC Optical Systems .4m Ritchey-Chrétien carbon truss telescope with ion-milled optics, an Apogee Alta U9000 camera, on a Software Bisque Paramount ME. This new instrument, designated LB-0005, adds another choice in focal length and field of view for LightBuckets customers. It ...

Maybe you've visited LightBuckets but need to see what we're about before spending your hard earned money on our service. Or, perhaps you're already a LightBuckets customer and just haven't had a chance to try all of our instruments. Let us help you with your decision. Until April 1st, 2009 we're giving everyone up to 60 minutes of free imaging time ($50.00 value) on our 20" Ritchey-Chrétien te...

This holiday season, you can now give the gift of astronomy with the LightBuckets Gift Card. You choose how many points the card is worth, 25, 100, 500, or more. The LightBuckets Gift Card is quick and easy to get. Simply go to the LightBuckets Account page (you’ll need to sign up for an account if you don’t already have one) and click the “Purchase Points” button on the right side of the page. ...

We're very pleased to announce that the new LightBuckets wide-field observatory (LB-0003) is now online and operational. The observatory houses a Takahashi TOA-150 triplet ortho apochromat refractor on a Paramount ME german equatorial mount. The native focal length and speed of the TOA-150 have been reduced by the Takahashi Super Reducer, taking the instrument from 1100mm f/7.33 ...

Introducing LightBuckets SkyView. SkyView is your online sky catalog, visual target selector, and interactive target framing tool. You will find SkyView in the LightBuckets Full Control interface in the target selection area as well as the imaging plan setup. Select from one of four zoom levels to view the sky in more or less detail. At zoom level 4 Just drag and drop the red cir...

We're happy to announce the first step towards some powerful new web technology we've been working on to make target planning and acquisition a better experience. First we'd like to introduce the live sky chart. You can view it in the FULL CONTROL panels for each observatory. (Use scopes -> Full control -> scroll through the "more details" area of each observatory listing). Then you...