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Out of thousands of reviews for 43 products, over 50 people recommended Telescopes specifically for Image. These 9 are the most highly recommended products we found.

No 1 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
6 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

"excellent scope can see clear images of moon and planets…"

- Telescopes.com User

"image quality, ease of use, and overall performance are all higher than expected, and i have been spending a lot of time in my back yard, enjoying the night sky like never before.…"

- Telescopes.com User


No 2 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
4 People Recommend
"(1) it is a reflecting scope and does not invert the image to the right way up.…"

- Amazon.com User

"especially helpful is the comment: "if your eyes are astigmatic, images will probably appear best with glasses on.…"

- Amazon.com User

"(1) it is a reflecting scope and does not invert the image to the right way up. …"

- Amazon.com User


No 3 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
4 People Recommend
"i have seen images in mags, books and from several users at the forums on www.astronomy.com however none of those photos compare to seeing it with your own eyes! …"

- Telescopes.com User

"the images are clear and crisp with easy-to-use optics. …"

- Telescopes.com User

"very bright images. …"

- Telescopes.com User


No 4 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
"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

"i can resolve mars at 90x with just the 10mm lens, and i can resolve mars at 72x with the barlow and 25mm lens, but the image falls apart at 180x. …"

- Amazon.com User

"bought also a 40mm celestron elux eyepiece which show me a more brighter image. …"

- Amazon.com User


No 5 Orion SkyQuest XT10 IntelliScope
Orion SkyQuest XT10 IntelliScope Telescope $550 Compare Prices
  • Optical Design: Newtonians
  • Finderscope: Optical
  • Mount Type: Altazimuth
  • Released over 3 years ago
2 People Recommend
"pros: relatively inexpensive, great images, big aperture, well constructed.…"

-  samfsuox at Shopping.com

"the 25 mm eyepiece and 10" mirror are exceptionally high in quality, providing me with sharp low power images of nearly all of the messier objects. …"

- Amazon.com User


No 6 Night Owl Optics STARRY Pro Version 6
Night Owl Optics STARRY NIGHT Starry Night Pro Version 6 ( Windows Macintosh ) Telescope $110 - $150 Compare Prices
  • Released 1 year ago
2 People Recommend
"starry night can show 19 million celestial objects but a host of images can be also used from a database know as the digitized sky survey (dss). …"

- Amazon.com User

"you can even flip the image to see how the orientation of the objects would look through your telescope. …"

- Amazon.com User


No 7 Meade DS-2130 350 x 127mm
Meade DS-2130 (350 x 127mm) Telescope $349 - $500 Compare Prices
  • Optical Design: Newtonians
  • Mount Type: Altazimuth
  • Released over 2 years ago
2 People Recommend
"there is a clear image with the eyepieces provided and the controler menu was easy to navigate.…"

- Telescopes.com User

"the first night i set it up we saw some great images and the nightly tour was a great feature. …"

- Telescopes.com User

"there is a clear image with the eyepieces provided and the controler menu was easy to navigate. …"

- Telescopes.com User


No 8 Meade RB-60
Meade RB-60 Telescope $40 - $100 Compare Prices
  • Optical Design: Refractor
  • Mount Type: Altazimuth
  • Released 12 months ago
2 People Recommend
"has a very clear image and works very well as a spotting scope during the daytime.…"

- Walmart.com User

"has a very clear image and works very well as a spotting scope during the daytime. …"

- Walmart.com User

"the images that it displays are very clear. …"

- Walmart.com User


No 9 Scope Armor Fork-Mounted Protector
Scope Armor Fork-Mounted Telescope Protector for Celestron Nextar 8I and Celestron 8SE $50 Compare Prices
  • Released over 3 years ago
1 People Recommend
"the image quality is excellent, and it can be very well used for ground observations, although the image is upside down, and the mount is not really meant for ground observation (eq mount).…"

- Amazon.com User

"it produced a very crisp image with lots of detail.…"

- Amazon.com User

"a 4.5" telescope can deliver good planetary images and faint deep sky objects.…"

- Amazon.com User


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