While not as popular as the Schmidt-Cassegrain or the Maksutov-Cassegrain, the Classical Cassegrain design (employing a parabolic primary and a hyperbolic secondary mirror), which...
If you’re new to astrophotography, or ready to trade up, you should take a look at the Skywatcher Esprit line. While they may look...
The TeleVue 60, a 60 mm f/6 apochromatic refractor, is the smallest telescope in the company’s lineup, and – at least by TeleVue standards...
The Askar FRA400 is a portable widefield refractor that punches above its weight. Designed for astrophotography, it produces high quality images that belie its...
The market is awash with beginner telescopes, and it’s fair to say that some are better than others. At the good end of the...
The CDK12.5, or Corrected Dall-Kirkham, is the smallest telescope of the line-up offered by Planewave Instruments currently priced at $10,000. It comes with plenty...
A great place for starting with your first telescope is a small refractor. While children of the 1970s like me remember flimsy toys with...
Sky-Watcher’s Heritage 150p is a collapsible 6” f/5 truss Dobsonian reflector telescope. You could be observing in less than five minutes after pulling the...
Will so-called ‘smart’ digital telescopes save us from light pollution? The Unistellar eVscope2, which is the new version of the original eVscope, is a...
Sitting near the top of Explore Scientific’s “ED” series of triplet refractors is the ED127, a 5” aperture f/7.5 apochromatic optical tube assembly. The...