Recommended Gear

Our most-clicked telescope. Computerized GoTo mount finds objects for you. 130mm aperture shows Jupiter's bands, Saturn's rings, and dozens of deep sky objects. Perfect step up from a basic scope.

Point your phone at the sky and StarSense tells you what you're looking at. No motor, no batteries. Uses your phone's camera to identify objects in real time. Great for families.

Best telescope under $100. Period. 70mm refractor shows the Moon in stunning detail, Jupiter and Saturn as tiny discs. Comes with a phone adapter. Perfect first scope or gift.

130mm Newtonian reflector on a sturdy equatorial mount. Manual slow-motion controls for smooth tracking. Comes with two eyepieces and a StarPointer red dot finder. Great first "real" telescope.

App-enabled tabletop Dobsonian with 150mm of aperture. StarSense technology uses your phone camera to identify what you're looking at in real time. Compact, no power needed, great deep-sky views.

Our single most popular product. 6" Schmidt-Cassegrain with fully computerized GoTo. Database of 40,000+ objects. Incredible planetary views. WiFi ready with SkyPortal app. The "just works" telescope.

The 6SE's premium sibling. Built-in WiFi, internal battery (no power cables), and charge port for your phone. Control everything from the SkyPortal app. Premium build quality.

Computerized tabletop Dobsonian. WiFi controlled via SynScan app. 150mm aperture in a compact package. Sets up in 2 minutes. Perfect for balcony/patio stargazing or travel.

11 inches of aperture on a fork-arm mount with GPS alignment. Resolves detail on planets that smaller scopes can't touch. Galaxies show spiral structure. Built-in GPS aligns in minutes.

EdgeHD optics deliver flat-field, coma-free images across the entire sensor. GPS-equipped fork mount with 40,000+ object database. Built for serious visual and astrophotography work.

12 inches of collapsible Dobsonian: full aperture, half the storage space. Folds down for transport, sets up in minutes. Parabolic primary mirror resolves galaxies, nebulae, and globular clusters.

Sharp edge-to-edge, 60 degree apparent field of view, excellent eye relief. The eyepiece most recommended on r/telescopes and CloudyNights. Available in 2.3mm to 25mm.

Like looking through a porthole into space. 82 degree field of view is immersive. Waterproof, argon-purged. Once you look through a wide-field eyepiece, you can't go back to 50 degree stock ones.

Doubles your magnification on any eyepiece without the quality loss of cheap Barlows. Telecentric design maintains eye relief and field flatness. One of these + 2 eyepieces = 4 magnifications.

5MP planetary and lunar imager. Captures high-frame-rate video for stacking in RegiStax or AutoStakkert. USB plug and play, works with any 1.25" focuser. Includes iCap and Celestron PWI software.

10 megapixel CMOS sensor with 1/2.3" chip. Higher resolution and sensitivity than the Burst. USB 3.0 for fast data transfer. Captures lunar detail that will make your jaw drop. Comes with iCap software.

The deep-sky imaging workhorse. Cooled sensor reduces noise for long exposures. Large 4/3" sensor captures wide nebulae in a single frame. Color camera, no filters needed to start. Used by serious astrophotographers worldwide.

Powers your telescope mount all night. 158.7Wh LiFePO4 battery lasts 17+ hours. USB ports charge your phone, heats dew straps. No more extension cords to the house.

The Moon through a telescope is blindingly bright. These filters tame the glare and reveal crater detail you'd miss otherwise. Includes Moon, Mars, planetary contrast, and light pollution filters.

Point at the sky and the green beam shows exactly where your telescope is aimed. Essential for star parties and teaching beginners. Also helps with finder scope alignment. Get the green one, not red.

The astronomy binocular everyone recommends. 70mm objectives gather enough light to show the Orion Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy, and star clusters. 15x magnification steadies well with a tripod adapter (included).

Nikon glass quality in an affordable package. 10x50 is the sweet spot: handholdable but with enough aperture for stars. Multi-coated lenses, aspherical eyepiece design. Great for daytime birding too.