Product Guides

Telescope Buyers’ Guides

Best Telescopes

Our expert’s telescope recommendations ranging from $100 to $2500

Best Kids’ Telescopes

Low budgeted(<$400) telescope recommendations for elementary school-aged kids

Best Dobsonian Telescopes

$300+ Dobsonians, the best-designed scopes that give the best bang for your buck

Best Astrophotography Telescopes

$500+ telescope recommendations for photographing deep-sky objects (DSO’s)

Best Planetary Telescopes

$350+ Dob and GoTo telescope recommendations for viewing planets

Best Computerized Telescopes

$350+ computerized telescopes with hands free automatic tracking.

Best Refractor Telescopes

$150+ telescopes with higher visual contrast and unmatched convenience

Best Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes

$1000+ compact, low maintenance, super optics telescopes, mostly from Celestron.

Best Solar Telescopes

$100+ dedicated solar telescopes that show solar flares and prominences

Best Portable Telescopes

$100-$2000 telescopes that you’d like to travel with

Telescope Accessories Guides

Best Telescope Eyepieces

$50-$300 eyepieces to optimize your viewing experience with your telescope

Best Telescope Filters

Best light pollution, solar, color, deep sky filters for specific use cases

Best Barlow Lenses

High-quality Barlow lenses to increase eyepiece magnification choices while using telescopes

Best Astrophotography Cameras

$450+ telescope recommendations for photographing deep-sky objects (DSO’s)

Best Equatorial Mounts

$850+ EQ mounts for perfect astrophotography of deep-sky objects

Best Autoguiders and Guide Scopes

$75+ guide cameras and guide scopes for long exposure astrophotography

Miscellaneous Buying Guides

Best Astronomical Binoculars

For a budget less than $100, binoculars are a much better choice than a cheap telescope

Best Home Planetariums

Entertainment oriented home planetariums and star projectors for kids and enthusiasts

Best Astronomy Flashlights

Flashlights(mainly red lighted) to navigate without ruining your night vision

Best US Telescope Retailers

Know where to buy your next telescope and accessories from.