The good: Versatile, light, fine optics The bad: Needs cool-down time and near-perfect collimation Over the past five decades, the Celestron C8 has established...
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The telescope bargains just keep on coming. Take, for example, the Orion Short Tube 120, a 120 mm f/5 achromatic refractor. Due to their...
Sized between the popular 4-inch and less common 5-inch refractors, the Vixen Optics ED115S ED doublet refractor is an f/7.7 instrument that uses FPL-53...
Several telescopes have been around long enough to reach iconic status – Celestron’s C8 Schmidt-Cassegrain, Questar Corp.’s 3.5″ and perhaps a few of the...
As an f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope (MCT), the Meade LX65 optical tube assembly is a viable alternative to to both the Celestron 5-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain and...
Plus: Very good main optics; the smartphone-aided pointing works! Minus: Poor Amici prism diagonal and eyepieces; somewhat shaky mount Summary: The StarSense technology provides...
The Sky-Watcher SolarQuest mount (MSRP: $399) is designed to overcome the common difficulties inherent in setting up a solar telescope to track the sun...
Plus: Starfield recognition software; ease of use; excellent smartphone app Minus: Low-resolution images; WiFi frequently loses connection; very expensive A hybrid between a connected...
When it’s mated with a good quality apochromatic triplet, does a carbon fiber telescope tube give you any advantages over a standard aluminum one?...
The Synta Technology Corporation 90mm Maksutov telescope (MSRP: starting at $199) is a very portable, low-cost telescope that excels on solar system objects and...