Telescopes

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

Celestron Omni XLT AZ 102 Refractor/basic mount

Best beginners' telescopes

starbase 80 telescope scale

Starbase 80 refractor and mount package review

£605 Price correct at time of review

Meade Series 6000 115mm apo refractor

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Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED DS-Pro refractor telescope

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Vixen A105MII achromatic refractor size

Vixen A105MII achromatic refractor review

£838 Price correct at time of review

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Buyer's guide Best telescopes for astrophotography

StellaMira 90mm ED triplet apochromatic refractor scale

StellaMira 90mm ED triplet apochromatic refractor

£1449 Price correct at time of review

Unistellar eVscope 2

Unistellar eVscope 2 telescope

£3399 Price correct at time of review

best tabletop telescopes

Best tabletop telescopes, 2022

SharpStar SCA260 Aspherical Cassegrain Astrograph scale

SharpStar SCA260 Aspherical Cassegrain Astrograph review

£3590 Price correct at time of review

Skymax-127 Virtuoso GTi

Skymax-127 Virtuoso GTi tabletop telescope review

£549 Price correct at time of review

Best portable telescopes for astronomy travel. Credit: Anton Petrus / Getty Images

Top travel telescopes

Girl looking at the stars through a telescope.

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Acuter Voyager MAK80 telescope setup

Acuter Voyager MAK80 telescope

£165 Price correct at time of review

Astronomer with telescope milky way

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