Best Altazimuth Telescopes for Viewing

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Orion SkyQuest XT4.5 Dobsonian 269 x 114mm

$230.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it has enough light-gathering power (more important than magnification) to reveal dim star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies and good enough optics to show you the surface of planets like jupiter,
from www.amazon.com
the eyepiece is at the perfect height for my 4yr old daughter to look through (she has already gotten a few glimpses of the moon) so it will be a great tool for us to share.
from www.amazon.com
i was actually a little disappointed in the magnification of the moon based on a cheap bushnell "department store" telescope i have previously owned.
from www.amazon.com
my son is over the moon about it, literally, as he says he can see the craters and mountains clearly.
from www.amazon.com
this is a fine, small telescope which can show you planets like jupiter and saturn.

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

2 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for VIEWING

Orion StarBlast Astro 9814 267 x 114mm

$200.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
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
from www.amazon.com
the short focal length makes it excellent for low power, wide field views of deep sky objects and the moon.
from www.amazon.com
planets also look great.there is a saying that the best telescope is the one you use the most.
from www.amazon.com
this telescope is adequate for seeing the moon in great detail, very small images of planets, and some detail in nebulae.
from www.amazon.com
a good way to explore eyepiece topics, astro equipment, night sky events, and space news is to subscribe to astronomy magazine or to sky & telescope.

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 23 people for VIEWING

Celestron NexStar 130SLT 31145 306 x 130mm

$405.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.telescopes.com
i like use the celestron nexstar 130 slt telescope by celestron when i am with my family and friends in camping and i like this model because it look for the stars automatic .
from www.telescopes.com
great telescope, detail in orion nebula/moon/moons of jupiter it vibrates as you focus but that is okaygoto is very easy, just make sure that your tripod is level pros: accurate, goto is very
from www.telescopes.com
the clarity it provides in viewing space is tremendous.
from www.telescopes.com
i would highly recommend this telescope to any beginner considering becoming more than a novice with the stars.
from www.telescopes.com
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

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

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4 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for VIEWING

Meade 70AZ-A 140 x 70mm

$79.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
great telescope for serching the stars.
from www.amazon.com
i would give this telescope 1000000000000000 stars.
from www.amazon.com
he can't wait until it gets dark outside so that he can see all of the stars.
from www.amazon.com
haven't used it to find stars yet, but im sure it works great.
from www.amazon.com
really clear with 3/4 moon giving some dramatic shadows around the craters.

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

5 RECOMMENDED by 12 people for VIEWING

Meade DS-2130 350 x 127mm

$324.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.telescopes.com
you can see the planets for sure,the moon looks awesome through this telescope,it will not dissapoint you.autoalign is quit hard to use but it does work.
from www.telescopes.com
she said it would always remind me that our fate was in the stars!
from www.telescopes.com
the more you read reviews these much more experienced people seem to always never buy the right scope.this scope is better than a beginners scope, light wieght and good details of the moon.keep this
from www.telescopes.com
i love looking at planets this is my 2nd scope ..it great..
from www.telescopes.com
it gives you a great view of the moon, stars, and planets.

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

Meade ETX-90PE 325 x 90mm

$590.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.hsn.com
i have seen other globular clusters and stars.
from www.amazon.com
work super and you see jupiter, saturn, venus and moon and more, is best telescope for make photos.
from www.amazon.com
the product itself is truly nice, works great for viewing the stars plus...
from www.amazon.com
some of the most rewarding objects - the moon, jupiter, saturn, and the orion nebula look wonderful through this telescope.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth

Celestron NexStar 114GT 269 x 114mm

$265.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i own this telescope, all i do if i want to see a planet, star, moon, etc just push and select an object you want to see and it will go there automaticly.
from www.amazon.com
it looks "cool" (apparently a hit with my husband and boys!) and has already been getting many trips outside to get a good look at the stars and moon!
from www.amazon.com
the very night i gave it to them, they (actually, the dad) set it up and enjoyed looking at the moon with it.
from www.amazon.com
i love the way it is easy to use for land viewing and gives nice views of the moon and its craters, specially when i use the high powered eyepiece.
from www.amazon.com
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.

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

Galileo FS-80 800 x 80mm Yoke Mount Reflector

$113.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it was so nice to focus my new galileo telescope to this star that turned to be saturn with his rings at the end, and over a week later at early morning i could watch jupiter with three of his moons.
from www.amazon.com
the first time i used it, i had no problems seeing the craters in the moon.
from www.amazon.com
i bought this telescope for myself because i always loved space.
from www.amazon.com
we expend hours outside checking for stars and the moon.
from www.amazon.com
you can see the moon very well but not the start i found that this is a good piece of equipment to have for your children to view the moon

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

Celestron NexStar 102 SLT 200 x 102mm

$445.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.telescopes.com
jupiter's galilean moons show up as plain as day, the tracking and goto functions are intuitive and it's just a lot of fun!
from www.telescopes.com
he is like a kid with a new toy, and he's still enjoying the moon, stars and the planets.
from www.telescopes.com
some of the good, great low price for a decent size lens, for moon and planets and sun its great and the quality is also very good.
from www.telescopes.com
you really need to know nothing about which star is which to get the scope aligned and tracking star movement, and the hand-held control allows you to select stars, planets, and deep-sky objects by
from www.telescopes.com
the library of stars, planets, etc is astonomial, but at the same time rather difficult to use and try to get the scope aligned.

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

Celestron AstroMaster 70 AZ 160 x 70mm

$103.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the very night i gave it to them, they (actually, the dad) set it up and enjoyed looking at the moon with it.
from www.amazon.com
he absolutely loves it and we have spent every night since exploring the stars and moon.
from www.amazon.com
this model can be used for viewing the moon and stars or distant earthbound items by changing the eyepiece.
from www.amazon.com
we have seen the rings of saturn (although small) and the kids love the details of the craters on the moon.
from www.amazon.com
i'm 5"9 and i always had to bend over to look at stars.

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

Celestron NexStar 8 SE 8" 203mm

$1,199.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
saw jupiter with the four moons and it was spectacular.
from www.amazon.com
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!
from www.amazon.com
the five stars represent my opinion about the scope.
from www.amazon.com
i was very excited about viewing the planets and hopefully some deep sky objects.
from www.adorama.com
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

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

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Orion SkyQuest XT8 Dobsonian 480 x 203mm

from www.amazon.com
we started using it during the new moon phase, and saturn was out.
from www.amazon.com
the assembly only took about 45mins and he was able to see several planets/stars very clearly.
from www.amazon.com
ordered this, a 13% moon filter, and 3x barlow.

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$Orion Observer 70mm Altazimuth Refractor Telescope$

Orion Observer 70mm Altazimuth Refractor

from www.amazon.com
planets and objects are bright and offer fantastic contrast (buy the optionnal uhtc it's worth).
from www.amazon.com
easily see the north star companion (9th magnitude), for the 1st time watched a jupiter shadow eclipse (jupiter's moon io is prolific casting its lunar shadow on jupiters surface) , small in my 97x,
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first time i have ever seen the moon.
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as a newby to star gasing, both my wife and my knowledge of the night sky was pritty much confined to iding the moon.
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cons: some "ghosting" of moon and jupiter (may be due to explorer eyepiece).

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Meade LightBridge 12 in. Deluxe 600 x 304.8mm

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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.
from www.amazon.com
the reflex sight makes finding objects quick work, even fairly dim object such as the andromeda galaxy.

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Celestron Nextstar 4 SE 4.0"/102 mm

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one of the easiest ways to align it to the night sky is using a the solar system align.
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moon viewing has been great.
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sky align worked well, though sometimes the scope seemed to become less accurate as the hours went buy, and i tried to re-align to different stars but eventually i encountered the same alignment

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Celestron StarHopper 10 10110 600 x 254mm

from www.amazon.com
the very night i gave it to them, they (actually, the dad) set it up and enjoyed looking at the moon with it.
from www.amazon.com
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!

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Meade NG-70 140 x 70mm

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he was so excited to see a close up view of the moon.

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Meade ETX-125PE 500 x 127mm

from www.walmart.com
when calibrated right this scope hits the stars, planets, and other goodies with no problem.
from www.amazon.com
fantastic views of the moon (get a neutral density filter), andromeda galaxy and major (magnitude 7 or less) messier objects.

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Orion SkyQuest XT10 IntelliScope

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i am a novice astronomer, but have been recently invigorated and inspired by a trip to nasa space center houston.
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it has enough light-gathering power (more important than magnification) to reveal dim star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies and good enough optics to show you the surface of planets like jupiter,

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Bushnell NorthStar 78-8845 675 x 114mm

from www.bestbuy.com
it is awosome i saw never saw the moon that close befeour and it was easy to find!
from www.bestbuy.com
you get too see so much great detail and so many stars .
from www.amazon.com
this telescope is ok, not too good movility but not bad to look at the moon
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i suppose it is adequate for the moon, but that is it.

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Best Altazimuth Telescopes for Viewing

Orion SkyQuest XT4.5 Dobsonian 269 x 114mm

Orion StarBlast Astro 9814 267 x 114mm

Celestron NexStar 130SLT 31145 306 x 130mm

Meade 70AZ-A 140 x 70mm

Meade DS-2130 350 x 127mm

Meade ETX-90PE 325 x 90mm

Celestron NexStar 114GT 269 x 114mm

Galileo FS-80 800 x 80mm Yoke Mount Reflector

Celestron NexStar 102 SLT 200 x 102mm

Celestron AstroMaster 70 AZ 160 x 70mm

Celestron NexStar 8 SE 8" 203mm

Orion SkyQuest XT8 Dobsonian 480 x 203mm

Orion Observer 70mm Altazimuth Refractor

Meade LightBridge 12 in. Deluxe 600 x 304.8mm

Celestron Nextstar 4 SE 4.0"/102 mm

Celestron StarHopper 10 10110 600 x 254mm

Meade NG-70 140 x 70mm

Meade ETX-125PE 500 x 127mm

Orion SkyQuest XT10 IntelliScope

Bushnell NorthStar 78-8845 675 x 114mm

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