2026 Gift Guide

Unleash the power of your smartphone to take you on a guided tour of the night sky—no telescope experience required.

Patent-pending StarSense sky recognition technology uses your smartphone to analyze star patterns overhead and calculate its position in real time. Check phone compatibility here.

StarSense Explorer app automatically generates a list of objects currently visible. View planets, brighter nebulae and galaxies, star clusters, and double stars from the city. Or take your telescope to darker skies to view faint, deep sky objects.

NOTE: The Starsense telscope uses your smartphone as a navigation device only, not to take photos.

Unleash the power of your smartphone to take you on a guided tour of the night sky—no telescope experience required.

Patent-pending StarSense sky recognition technology uses your smartphone to analyze star patterns overhead and calculate its position in real time. Check phone compatibility here.

StarSense Explorer app automatically generates a list of objects currently visible. View planets, brighter nebulae and galaxies, star clusters, and double stars from the city. Or take your telescope to darker skies to view faint, deep sky objects.

Manual altazimuth mount with smooth, dual-axis slow-motion controls makes it easy to follow the on-screen arrows to your desired target. When the bullseye turns green, it’s ready to view in the telescope’s eyepiece.

127mm (5”) Newtonian reflector with highly reflective coatings and enough light gathering ability to view all the best celestial objects.

Includes 25mm and 10mm eyepieces, 2x Barlow Lens, StarSense smartphone dock, a red dot finderscope (in case you want to use the telescope without your phone), and a full-height tripod.

NOTE: The Starsense telscope uses your smartphone as a navigation device only, not to take photos.

• Digital Compass function provides degree, north pointing arrow and cardinal point readings. Compass Range: - 0° To 359° , 1-16 pointers (graphical)
• Time, Date and Alarm Clock
• Built-in thermometer - °C or °F
• Backlight for nighttime use
• (2) long-life Lithium batteries included

• NexYZ connects your smartphone to your telescope, spotting scope, binocular, monocular, and microscope so you can capture images and video through the eyepiece.
• Works with a wide range of mobile phone models, including all the latest devices from Samsung, Google, and Apple.
• Unlike other adapters, NexYZ features three directional knobs (X, Y, and Z axis) that perfectly align your phone’s camera with the eyepiece in seconds so you are ready to snap the perfect image. In addition, you can make tension adjustments to keep the phone firmly in place.
• NexYZ stands up to rigorous field use thanks to its robust, durable construction with a metal frame and polymer body.

This box of 50 blank microscope slides with ground edges is perfect for preparing your own specimens in the classroom, lab, or at home. Each slide measures 1" x 3" with a thickness of 1–1.2mm, offering a reliable, ready-to-use surface for everyday microscopy work.

The GOVIEW ZOOMR 10x34 Binoculars - Ruby Red are the ideal companion for any adventure. Light weight and durable, these binoculars give prisitne views. 

- Fully multi-coated optics

- Light weight 492g

- BAK4 glass 

- Robust magnesium housing

- IPX5/6 water resistant 

- Nitrogen filling (fogproof)