If you've decided to get into stargazing and are hunting for the best beginner telescope, you'll first need to decide that type of telescope you're after. If your search to the best telescope for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Telescope against a starry night Telescopes gather and focus light using precisely-shaped mirrors and lenses (or a combination of ...

The Celestron StarSense Explorer 8" Dobsonian telescope is a large manual telescope of the sort that's usually out of reach of amateurs in terms of both cost and complexity. However, its use of ...

This review, “The big easy,” appeared in the May 2005 issue of Astronomy magazine. Spring nights beckon observers. As amateur astronomers whose dreams usually outstrip our budgets, my little stargazer ...

If you have a stargazing fan on your holiday gift-giving list and you’re considering a telescope for that special someone, even if that someone is you, I want you to buy right and buy smart. Get the ...

I'm often asked to recommend a telescope, especially around the holidays, when gift-giving is on our minds. Today I'll share a few suggestions, but before we talk specifics, let's look at the ...

Every year about this time, I like to write a column about giving telescopes as gifts. Maybe you have someone — young or old — on your holiday gift list who’s looking for a telescope. Maybe the giftee ...

When first glancing at that title, some experienced observers may think I’ve written myself into a corner. You see, there is no such thing as a perfect first telescope. In fact, there’s really no such ...

Another Thanksgiving is history and we’re full bore into the Christmas shopping season. Every year about this time, I like to put out my column on telescope gift giving. You have someone on your ...

Looking to sell a 6" f/8 Dobsonian reflector (Hardin Deep Space Hunter) telescope. It comes with a few modifications for easier use I made, plus it's 6x36 finder scope, a moon filter for the eyepieces ...