Telescopes

Refractors, reflectors, Newtonians, Dobsonians, Schmidt-Cassegrains, Ritchey Chrétiens and Maksutov Cassegrains: the latest telescopes tried and tested by our team of experts.

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Astronomer with telescope milky way

Black Friday 2022 Best telescopes and binoculars

best tabletop telescopes

Best tabletop telescopes, 2022

The best telescopes for kids and young astronomers. Credit: BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Best telescopes for kids

Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ scale

Best beginners' telescopes

Unistellar eVscope eQuinox telescope review.

Unistellar eVscope eQuinox

£2599 Price correct at time of review

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Top travel telescopes

Altair Wave Series 130EDT-F F7 apo refractor scale

Altair Wave Series 130EDT-F F7

Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ

Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ 5.1-inch Newtonian reflector

Double Star Albireo. Credit: BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Best telescopes for viewing double stars

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Buyer's guide Best telescopes for astrophotography

iOptron Photron RC6 scale

iOptron Photron RC6 6-inch Ritchey-Chrétien review

WideSky 80 refractor review

WideSky 80 refractor review

Meade Series 6000 115mm apo refractor

11 of the best telescopes to see the planets with

Girl looking at the stars through a telescope.

Buyer's guide Best budget telescopes