If you are a beginner, picking the right telescope can seem daunting. In our guide, we have rounded up the best telescopes for beginners to suit a range of budgets, and we have picked out their pros and cons to help make your decision even easier. Alternatively, if you're an experienced...
✅ You want a long-term investment: This is a telescope that will last you for decades.✅ You want to see planets and deep space: While some telescopes are better for viewing either deep space or planets, this one is great for everything. Don't buy it if: ❌ You're a beginner...
Telescope filters, barring solar filters, are usually designed to attach to your eyepiece via universal 2” or 1.25” threads at the bottom, ensuring easy interchangeability. When using accessories like diagonals, extension tubes, or coma correctors for focal adjustments, attaching the filter to these...
If you are a beginner and looking to purchase your first telescope, it is recommended that you have a clear vision of what you want to use it for (e.g., visual, photography, planetary, deep-sky, etc.), your available budget, and the level of complexity you want to take on for your...
Silicon Owl
Heck, you could even attach a small telescope to this star tracker. Coming in at a reasonable price, the iOptron SkyGuider Pro is a great choice if you don't want to break the bank — but it performs valiantly, making it an excellent value buy. The SkyGuider Pro has a good quality...
This top-ranked kids’ telescope has a 300mm focal length that will give you a good view of all the popular celestial objects, including the Moon, the Andromeda Galaxy and the Pleiades. There’s also a beginner-friendly finderscope that will help your child survey the vast expanse of the ...
Telescope for planet viewing is a fun and educational activity for children and adults, and the answers to all of these questions are largely dependent upon how you plan to use your telescope. The first thing to consider is the type of telescope. There are two main types of telescopes, both...
you’re setting up a larger telescope, and an older kid might get something out of using it to scan the starry regions of the milky way at night or look at the phases of the Moon, but I don’t think they’re nearly as good a starting point for children as they are for an adult...
The importance of eyepieces to your telescope can take a long time to realise. To say an eyepiece can make or break an astronomer is going too far, but when you look through a good eyepiece for the first time you realise that what you’ve been observing for all those years could have...