10 Best Telescopes for Stargazing
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Out of thousands of reviews for 168 products, over 200 people recommended Telescopes specifically for Stargazing. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.
Celestron PowerSeeker 127 EQ 21049 750 x 127mm
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$130 - $160
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20 People Recommend
"we were just amazed by the sharp resolution when we first saw the moon.…" - Telescopes.com User "i got my powerseeker 127 today and i took it out for some star watching right away. …" - Telescopes.com User "i won this at a raffle and have enjoyed it everyday, i live in az so winter month is great stargazing weather. …" - Telescopes.com User |
Celestron NexStar 130SLT 31145 306 x 130mm
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$370 - $440
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17 People Recommend
"the double axis tracking allows me to see the rings of saturn from the living room by aligning on a planet: the degradation of the image through the plate glass windows (but hey it way below zero…" - Telescopes.com User "goto functions work well and for it to be accurate you need to use the 2 or 3 star sky align option.…" - Telescopes.com User "excellent scope can see clear images of moon and planets…" - Telescopes.com User |
Meade RB-60
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$40 - $100
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12 People Recommend
"i think it is a great telescope for young children & beginners.we've only looked at the moon for the past two nights.…" - Walmart.com User "rb-60 because of the good price and especially because there were great product reviews.the product is very impressive for a beginning "star gazer" and our grandson is having such fun with his gift.…" - Walmart.com User "she had always wanted a telescope so she could sit on the grass at night, staring at the stars.…" - Amazon.com User |
Orion StarBlast Astro 9814 267 x 114mm
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$180
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10 People Recommend
"it's not the best option however for watching planets as its short focal lenght requires high power eyepieces for high magnification and you pay for this in field of view and eyepiece relief - in…" - Amazon.com User "it required almost no assembly at all; the starry night software it comes with is incredible; the ez finder makes locating celestial objects a no-brainer; it is compact enough to carry in one hand…" - Amazon.com User "you need the orion starblast!…" - Amazon.com User |
Scope Armor Fork-Mounted Protector
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$50
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7 People Recommend
"the very night i gave it to them, they (actually, the dad) set it up and enjoyed looking at the moon with it.…" - Amazon.com User "with the 4.5" aperture, i was able to see nice details on the lunar surface, jupiter and it's moons, saturn and mars as well as the orion nebula.…" - Amazon.com User "a 4.5" telescope can deliver good planetary images and faint deep sky objects.…" - Amazon.com User |
Meade 70AZ-A 140 x 70mm
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$79
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6 People Recommend
"buy one and enjoy your journeys to the stars…" - Amazon.com User "really clear with 3/4 moon giving some dramatic shadows around the craters. …" - Amazon.com User "i was able to see the moon craters and all the planets as far as pluto. …" - Amazon.com User |
Orion SpaceProbe 130 EQ 307 x 130mm
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$260
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4 People Recommend
"we've been able to observe very crisp images of saturn and jupiter with 180x using the supplied 10mm eyepiece and a separately purchased 2x barlow. …" - Amazon.com User "20 years ago, i spent countless hours with a 60mm ~f/10 meade on an alt-az mount (a mount that goes up-down and left-right) in both the stark cold of a northern minnesota winter and warm…" - Amazon.com User "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! …" - Amazon.com User |
Celestron NexStar 8 SE 8" 203mm
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$1,399 - $1,600
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4 People Recommend
"due to florida's terrible rainy days lately it was mostly cloudy yet i was able to see mars, saturn's rings, jupiter's moon and clouds, even behind a tinted glass!…" - Amazon.com User "if you store it with the optical tube assembly (ota) attached to the single fork-arm, then all you have to do is grab the ota/fork-arm assembly and the tripod, step outside, connect the tripod to the…" - Adorama.com User "the five stars represent my opinion about the scope. …" - Amazon.com User |
Meade LightBridge 12 in. Deluxe 600 x 304.8mm
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$899 - $900
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3 People Recommend
"but this was always a premium feature, unavailable to observers on a tight budget, unless they built their own. …" - Amazon.com User "but this was always a premium feature, unavailable to observers on a tight budget, unless they built their own. …" - Amazon.com User "i have been able to easily pick out individual stars in several messier catalog globular clusters, and can easily resolve the 4 stars of the trapezium in the orion nebula. …" - Amazon.com User |
Celestron StarHopper 10 10110 600 x 254mm
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$25
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2 People Recommend
"i also bought them each a "star" (shining stars by russ) to name and they really get a kick out of looking at their very own stars!…" - Amazon.com User "the very night i gave it to them, they (actually, the dad) set it up and enjoyed looking at the moon with it. …" - Amazon.com User |
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