If you’ve got 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.

Over the many years I’ve been writing this column, as well as putting on inside and outside astronomy and stargazing presentations, I’ve gotten inquiries from lots of nice folks about purchasing a ...

Early telescope makers, such as John Dollond, patented and commercially produced achromatic refracting telescopes, significantly improving upon earlier designs by reducing color fringing. Henry Fitz ...

Refractor to reflector, Schmidt-Cassegrain to Maksutov-Cassegrain - this is everything you need to know about the different types of telescopes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

For more information on modifying a budget 60mm refractor, refer to Dave Trott’s “How to Fix Up a Cheap Telescope” and Michael Portuesi’s “Fixing the Department Store Telescope.” ...

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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 to ...