What’s new at DayStar?
Upcoming Appearances:
Levis Area Astronomical Society 50th Anniversary – June 21, 2026
Heart of America Star Party October 2026 (not confirmed)
Okie-Tex October 2026 (not confirmed)
Starmus 2026 (tentative)
Winter Star Party 2027 (not confirmed)
Northeast Astro Imaging Conference April 8-9, 2027
Northeast Astronomy Forum – April 10-11, 2027
We will have a booth inside for questions and sale of products, and will demo our products outside, weather permitting.
Texas Star Party 2027 (not confirmed)
New Products
Sol Telescopes shipping in 2026
Accessories released in 2025:
Visual focal reducer for Quark
0.6x and 0.33x Reducer/Tilt T adapter for Quark
DayStar in the News
We can neither confirm nor deny reports that there is a red Gemini-shaped solar filter on the International Space Station, that magically appeared there after the Cygnus NG-21 launch, which was some time after astronaut astrophotographers Don Pettit and Matthew Dominick visited us here in Warrensburg…
Daystar was featured on ABC World News Tonight with David Muir:
DayStar was featured on PBS:
Fun at the Masters golf tournament:
News Bulletins
8/15/2013: DayStar upgrades facilities. Receives new Okuma MacTurn-30 CNC Lathe
6/11/2013: DayStar Filter flies in space aboard NASA/ Harvard Smithsonian SAO mission.
2/10/2012: DayStar co owner Fred Bruenjes discovers comet C/2012 C2 (BRUENJES)
6/2011: DayStar’s Jen Winter co-author on poster by NSO’s Jack Harvey presented at AAS Solar Physics Division 2011 meeting.
5/2011: DayStar Filter to flies aboard Harvard Smithsonian SAO Hi-C Misison to space.
5/1/2010: DayStar releases Solar System Filter Wheel for instantaneous observation in up to 4 wavelengths
4/20/2009: DayStar to produce research filters for National Solar Observatory
5/1/2007 DayStar announces new Quantum Series Filters
1/28/2007 – DayStar Filters and amateur solar astronomy suffer loss of Vic Winter.
2/2/2006 – DayStar Filters is under new ownership.
ICSTARS owners, Vic & Jen Winter buy DayStar Filters from Del Woods.