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Out of thousands of reviews for 40 products, over 80 people recommended Telescopes specifically for Stars. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.

No 1 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
4 People Recommend
"and that was be able to look up and see the stars.…"

- Telescopes.com User

"she said it would always remind me that our fate was in the stars!…"

- Telescopes.com User

"received the scope in good condition: great.setting the telescope up: great.understanding and alignment: ok (trust me ok).price: good.shots of the stars and moon with my kids: (priceless) pros:…"

- Telescopes.com User


No 2 Meade 70AZ-A 140 x 70mm
Meade 70AZ-A (140 x 70mm) Telescope $79 - $80 Compare Prices
  • Optical Design: Refractor
  • Finderscope: Optical
  • Mount Type: Altazimuth
  • Released over 3 years ago
4 People Recommend
"buy one and enjoy your journeys to the stars…"

- Amazon.com User

"great telescope for serching the stars.…"

- Amazon.com User

"i would give this telescope 1000000000000000 stars.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 3 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
4 People Recommend
"after learning the names of a few stars, i switched to the "two star align" option with much improved results.…"

- Telescopes.com User

"finding stars was not a problem and zooming with different eyepieces was fun.…"

- Telescopes.com User

"the scope wants a good bit of separation between the stars you choose for alignment.…"

- Telescopes.com User


No 4 Celestron PowerSeeker 127 EQ 21049 750 x 127mm
Celestron PowerSeeker 127 EQ 21049 (750 x 127mm) Telescope $130 - $285 Compare Prices
  • Comfortable Eyepiece
  • Optical Design: Newtonians
  • Finderscope: Optical
  • Mount Type: Equatorial
  • Released over 3 years ago
3 People Recommend
"with its 127mm aperture, i could easily view planets, stars, and also the moon with great ease.…"

- Amazon.com User

"reason why i give it 4 out of 5 stars.…"

- Telescopes.com User

"the equatorial mount is a lesson in the 'movement' of the stars and the included software is great.…"

- Telescopes.com User


No 5 Celestron NexStar 102 SLT 200 x 102mm
Celestron NexStar 102 SLT (200 x 102mm) Telescope $399 - $480 Compare Prices
  • Optical Design: Refractor
  • Finderscope: Red-Dot
  • Mount Type: Altazimuth
  • Released over 2 years ago
3 People Recommend
"the computer is great but it can be a pain sometimes to get it to accept your alignment stars.…"

- Telescopes.com User

"i have no problems at all aiming the scope manually at the stars or planets i want to look at.…"

- Amazon.com User

"he is like a kid with a new toy, and he's still enjoying the moon, stars and the planets.…"

- Telescopes.com User


No 6 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
3 People Recommend
"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

"not only does it find the stars and planets for me it is also teaching me as it goes.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 7 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
3 People Recommend
"i look at my computer screen then go out into my back yard and i can see the stars exactly as they are on my computer.…"

- Amazon.com User

"the object database helps locate deep space objects like double stars, nebula, supernova and other objects.…"

- Amazon.com User

"(i use a manual orion skyquest xt8 dobsonian telescope, so i do not use the telescope control features.) you can even have the program search for and point you to the location of any object you…"

- Amazon.com User


No 8 Meade ETX-90PE 325 x 90mm
Meade ETX-90PE (325 x 90mm) Telescope $499 - $700 Compare Prices
  • Optical Design: Catadioptrics
  • Finderscope: Red-Dot
  • Mount Type: Altazimuth
  • Released over 3 years ago
3 People Recommend
"i have seen other globular clusters and stars.…"

- Hsn.com User

"the product itself is truly nice, works great for viewing the stars plus...…"

- Amazon.com User


No 9 Scope Armor Fork-Mounted Protector
Scope Armor Fork-Mounted Telescope Protector for Celestron Nextar 8I and Celestron 8SE $55 Compare Prices
  • Released over 3 years ago
2 People Recommend
"also for looking at stars you don't want high power.…"

- Amazon.com User

"just what i wanted i like the easy to put together and wow the stars.…"

- Amazon.com User

"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


No 10 Meade RB-60
Meade RB-60 Telescope $169 Compare Prices
  • Optical Design: Refractor
  • Mount Type: Altazimuth
  • Released 12 months ago
2 People Recommend
"she had always wanted a telescope so she could sit on the grass at night, staring at the stars.…"

- Amazon.com User

"he's spent many nights looking up at the stars.…"

- Walmart.com User


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