Best ORION Telescopes

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Orion StarBlast 6 Astro 300 x 150mm

$280.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth

2 RECOMMENDED by 1 people for OVERALL

Orion GoScope 70

$150.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Optical Design: Refractor, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth

3 RECOMMENDED by 0 people for OVERALL

Orion Sirius™ 8 EQ-G 24285 480 x 203mm

$1,300.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Mount Type: Equatorial

4 RECOMMENDED by 1 people for OVERALL

Orion SkyQuest XT12 IntelliScope 720 x 305mm

$1,030.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Mount Type: Altazimuth

5 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for OVERALL

Orion StarMax 9824

$440.00 Est. at Amazon

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everything appeard to be of high quality and good build; which is typical of orion products from what i've read.

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Positives: Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Equatorial

Orion 09012 204 x 102mm

$900.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Optical Design: Refractor, Mount Type: Equatorial

Orion StarMax 102mm EQ Compact "Mak" 241 x

$440.00 Est. at Amazon

Orion SkyView Pro 127 GoTo Maksutov-Cassegrain

$1,200.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Equatorial

Orion SkyView Pro 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain 254 x

Orion SkyView Pro 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope (254 x 127mm)

$710.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Equatorial

Orion Apex 9825 61 x 127mm

$410.00 Est. at Amazon

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everything appeard to be of high quality and good build; which is typical of orion products from what i've read.

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Positives: Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Optical

Orion StarMax 90mm EQ Compact "Mak" 1250 x

$330.00 Est. at Amazon

Orion StarSeeker 70

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Orion SkyQuest XT4.5 Dobsonian 269 x 114mm

$220.00 Est. at Amazon

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after reading reviews of different telescopes over multiple websites and astronomy magazines, i decided to check out the orion line of telescopes.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Altazimuth

Orion SkyQuest XT8 Dobsonian 480 x 203mm

$430.00 Est. at Amazon

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so i pointed at orion's nebula (m43) with my spotting scope and then took a look through the factory supplied 25mm eye piece with no barlow.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Altazimuth

Orion StarBlast Astro 9814 267 x 114mm

$200.00 Est. at Amazon

from products.howstuffworks.com
"the orion starblast astro telescope is a great choice for beginners, with excellent optics, a wide field of view and no unnecessary features.
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i suggested the orion starblast astro telescope as a way to test the waters first.
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i've had an orion starblast for over a year now, and even though i have larger, more sophisticated telescopes, it is the one i use most.
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i have a 16" diameter telescope that i made myself, and i worked for a telescope company (not orion!) for 4 years, designing telescopes for them.
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my ten-year old (with a normal ten-year old boy's attention span) is able to find objects such as orion's nebula, star clusters, and faint galaxies two-million light years away (messier objects 81 &

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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Newtonians, Mount Type: Altazimuth

Orion SkyQuest XT10 IntelliScope

$500.00 Est. at Amazon

from Pirich, www.shopping.com
review: the orion xt10 dobsonian telescope is part of a series of telescopes showing what standing the test of time is all about.
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this 10" orion scope is not as formidable as it looks in the pictures.
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after a lot of research (including the book "nightwatch" by terence dickinson, which should be required reading for anyone interested in the treasures of the universe), i decided on the orion
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i adjusted the tilt of the secondary mirror so that the laser spot was centered on the primary mirror (orion marks the center for you).

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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Altazimuth

Orion Observer 70mm Altazimuth Refractor

$Orion Observer 70mm Altazimuth Refractor Telescope$

$113.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Optical Design: Refractor, Mount Type: Altazimuth

Orion SpaceProbe 130 EQ 307 x 130mm

$270.00 Est. at Amazon

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we could also see the fuzziness of the orion nebula and the trapezium.we have also used it to look at globular clusters and a few other things of interest.the software, the sky, that is included with
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it was fun, and i remember looking mostly at the planets, the pleides, and the orion nebula - and could even barely make out the andromeda galaxy, but i always longed for something more.
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never used before a newtonian scope or an orion scope but by reading reviews i found out that it was a good brand.
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with or without the barlow, viewing of the orion nebula is easy.
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with this scope, you can view jupiter's bands (and occasally the great red spot), zoom on the rings of saturn, while exploring the orion nubluea, star clusters, and much,much more!

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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Equatorial

Orion 21165 182 x 80mm

$325.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Optical Design: Refractor, Mount Type: Unmounted