Recommended Gear

Computerized GoTo you run from your phone or tablet over WiFi. 130mm aperture shows Jupiter's bands, Saturn's rings, and dozens of deep sky objects. Our in-stock pick while the NexStar 130SLT is back ordered.

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-guided 130mm Newtonian reflector on a manual altazimuth tripod. StarSense uses your phone camera to show where to point, with no motor or external power required.

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. 130mm aperture in a compact package. Sets up in 2 minutes. The 150P version is not sold on Amazon right now.

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.

Triples your magnification on any 1.25 inch eyepiece with Tele Vue optics. This is Tele Vue's 3x Barlow, not the 5x Powermate, which Amazon has no new stock of right now.

Replaces the Celestron NexImage 5, which is currently unavailable on Amazon. 2MP USB 3.0 color planetary and lunar camera. Records high-frame-rate video for stacking in RegiStax or AutoStakkert and fits any 1.25" focuser.

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.

Same Sony IMX533 sensor as the ZWO ASI533MC Pro, cooled, sold on Amazon with a 2-inch dual-band filter. Cooling reduces noise for long exposures, and the 9MP square color sensor suits nebulae and galaxies.

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. The ND filter tames the glare and reveals crater detail you'd miss otherwise. Includes an ND Moon filter plus #12 yellow, #21 orange and #80A blue color filters for planets.

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.