Most telescopes aimed at beginners utilize an alt-azimuth mount that simply goes up and down, left and right. It’s intuitive to both understand and...
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Imagine having a sat-nav for the night sky that told you where to point your telescope. That’s essentially what StarSense is – an app...
Apochromatic refractors abound on the market. The Géar 90 stands out by offering first-class optics for color-free views and images. The Canadian company Starfield...
A highly affordable portable telescope that gives sharp, steady views of solar system objects is the dream for many, which is why this 2.75-inch/70...
Celestron Inspire 100AZ review: novel features make this a good all-rounder for beginners interested in astrophotography Smartphone adaptors for telescopes have been around for...
An 8” or 10” Dobsonian reflector has long been considered an ideal starting telescope. They are cheap, simple, and will last the observer a...
All hail the second-generation of so-called ‘smart telescopes’ from France that live image-stack to create clear images of deep sky objects, astrophotography-style. For now,...
For many years now, the Sky-Watcher Heritage 130p tabletop Dobsonian reflector (and its clones) has been a mainstay of many “recommended” lists for beginning...
Overview The iOptron GEM45 is a lightweight and very capable mount. It is similar to the CEM40, but with a traditional right ascension and...
Orion replaces their popular 4.5-inch AstroBlast beginner telescope with the SkyScanner BL102. Is it a worthy successor? For many years, I and many others...