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Out of thousands of reviews for 38 products, over 30 people recommended Telescopes specifically for Far. These 7 are the most highly recommended products we found.

No 1 Celestron PowerSeeker 127 EQ 21049 750 x 127mm
Celestron PowerSeeker 127 EQ 21049 (750 x 127mm) Telescope $130 - $160 Compare Prices
  • Comfortable Eyepiece
  • Optical Design: Newtonians
  • Finderscope: Optical
  • Mount Type: Equatorial
  • Released over 3 years ago
6 People Recommend
"so, far i have had difficulties with using the directional controles, but i am sure that once i learn more on how to use the scope it will become easier.…"

- Telescopes.com User

"negatives..i think, as far as i can tell, the counter weight is not heavy enough so it seems at times the scope is too heavy for the counterweight.…"

- Amazon.com User

"you will see far more detail at 200x in my opinion. …"

- Telescopes.com User


No 2 Orion SpaceProbe 130 EQ 307 x 130mm
Orion SpaceProbe 130 EQ (307 x 130mm) Telescope $260 Compare Prices
  • Optical Design: Newtonians
  • Finderscope: Optical
  • Mount Type: Equatorial
  • Released over 3 years ago
3 People Recommend
"i decided that i really wanted the spaceprobe 130st (and i could stretch our budget far enough to afford it). …"

- Amazon.com User

"in conclusion, so far, this scope delivers better images than my previous refractors. …"

- Amazon.com User

"far from ideal environment) we have been able to see clearly the rings around saturn and jupiters galilean moons. …"

- Amazon.com User


No 3 Meade RB-60
Meade RB-60 Telescope $40 - $100 Compare Prices
  • Optical Design: Refractor
  • Mount Type: Altazimuth
  • Released 12 months ago
2 People Recommend
"so far we've seen the moon as if we were so close we could touch it and even though it took us some time to get use to the computer generated map of space, and to figure out where leo was so we could…"

- Amazon.com User

"he loves looking at things far off in the distance, as well as star watching with this telescope. …"

- Amazon.com User


No 4 Orion StarBlast Astro 9814 267 x 114mm
Orion StarBlast Astro 9814 (267 x 114mm) Telescope $180 Compare Prices
  • Optical Design: Newtonians
  • Mount Type: Altazimuth
  • Released over 3 years ago
2 People Recommend
"this little orion starblast 4.5 astro telescope [altazimuth-based reflector tabletop scope] is by far my all-time favorite small scope.…"

- Amazon.com User

"ideally somewhere out in the country as far away as possible from street lighting will let you enjoy much better views.…"

- Amazon.com User

"the starblast is far and away the best of the three, but as with the others, the high power views are soft. …"

- Amazon.com User


No 5 Celestron NexStar 8 SE 8" 203mm
Celestron Celestron NexStar 8 SE 8" (203mm) Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope Kit $1,399 - $1,600 Compare Prices
  • Optical Design: Catadioptrics
  • Finderscope: Red-Dot
  • Mount Type: Altazimuth
  • Released 1 year ago
2 People Recommend
"=o/ i have used the scope for two nights so far. …"

- Adorama.com User

"make sure you mount it far enough in so that your scope can go vertical without it hitting the angle lens and preventing it from hitting it's target. …"

- Amazon.com User


No 6 Celestron NexStar 130SLT 31145 306 x 130mm
Celestron NexStar 130SLT (31145) (306 x 130mm) Telescope $370 - $440 Compare Prices
  • Comfortable Eyepiece
  • Optical Design: Newtonians
  • Finderscope: Optical
  • Mount Type: Altazimuth
  • Released over 2 years ago
2 People Recommend
"i have now owned this telescope for 4 months, using it (so far) exclusively on upper manhattan...…"

- Amazon.com User

"the goto function works as intended, and the large apperture in dark locales out of the city glow allows me to see deep space objects far better than i had hoped. …"

- Telescopes.com User

"i have now owned this telescope for 4 months, using it (so far) exclusively on upper manhattan... …"

- Amazon.com User


No 7 Meade 70AZ-A 140 x 70mm
Meade 70AZ-A (140 x 70mm) Telescope $79 Compare Prices
  • Optical Design: Refractor
  • Finderscope: Optical
  • Mount Type: Altazimuth
  • Released over 3 years ago
2 People Recommend
"i was able to see the moon craters and all the planets as far as pluto. …"

- Amazon.com User

"but i am pleased so far with the timely shipping of the product and it seems to be in perfect condition! …"

- Amazon.com User


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