Reviews

A comparison and review of the 106

or how to have your cake and eat it too

A good scope which could easily have been the best - but isn't.

A Celestron 8 SCT and 8” Dob go head-to-head against a premium Mak-Newtonian (with a special guest appearance by a Takahashi FS-152) by Lawrence Carlino

Proper worm adjustment is critical

How good is the 16" ultra-portable scope at a fraction of the cost of an Obsession?

Dark Skies Apparel recognized a need and filled it - supplying the astronomical community with a unique offering that every amateur astronomer can use while observing from their backyard, in their own personal observatory, or even during an outreach event.

One of the best binoculars available today.

More information on the Rob Miller tripods and currently available accessories.

The Webster Telescopes D18 is a relatively compact and light-weight 18" truss-tube Dobsonian. Made in Detroit, MI.

A beginner’s scope that won’t disappoint?

Backyard stargazers have plenty of objects to enjoy; the challenge comes in selecting viable targets for your aperture and knowing where to find those celestial targets in the heavens. Objects in the Heavens (5th edition) aims to help solve that problem for amateur astronomers.

Does it really belong with department store refractors

Run fast. Run far.

I only had to pay $895 for this $1700 equipped telescope! Observing the moon at 285X had me gliding over the moon on an airballoon. Wow!