Just to make it that little bit more challenging, there's also three different main types of telescopes to look out for. You have the choice of refractor, reflector and catadioptric telescopes ...

Refractor telescopes use specialised lenses to gather and focus light into an image, displaying a magnified sky view. In contrast, reflector telescopes use curved mirrors to reflect light onto the ...

Whenever news of a rare celestial event makes the headlines - be it a passing comet, meteor shower or a parade of planets - it makes one wish for two things: a telescope and a pitch-black garden ...

So, for the best Sky-Watcher telescope deals, scroll down below. Save £26 on a refractor telescope that, with a 90mm aperture, a 900mm focal length and a multi-coated objective lens, offers ...

For budding astronomers and space experts, telescopes bridge the gap between them and space. To take your love of the planets ...

Part of its success in this format is the increased f-ratio — this is an f/7 as opposed to the usual short-tube 80mm telescope’s f/5. Sparing you the technical minutia, the SV503 short-tube refractor ...

The best telescopes allow you to observe this month's full planetary parade more closely and give you a front-row seat to the total lunar eclipse in March. The best telescopes unlock the wonders ...

If you think that choosing the most powerful home telescope is just as simple as finding one with the highest magnification capability, then you’re wrong! There are many other key factors affecting a ...

It’s different than looking through a telescope. Aesthetically ... used in expensive refractors and are fully multicoated. The prisms are huge, allowing full coverage from any 1¼” eyepiece.