Telescopes
Beginner Telescopes
Buying your first telescope? Browse our curated selection of beginner telescopes.
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AUD $399.00
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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.
80mm refractor with fully coated glass optics for bright, sharp views.
Includes 25mm and 10mm eyepieces, 2x Barlow Lens, StarSense smartphone dock, erect image diagonal, 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.
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Regular Price: AUD $579.00
Special Price AUD $399.00
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- 90mm refractor telescope with fully coated glass optics and a lightweight frame.
- Observe in no time with a quick and easy, no-tool setup
- Accessories include: two eyepieces (20mm and 10mm), erect image star diagonal, and a finderscope.
- Panning handle Alt-Az control with clutch for smooth and accurate pointing.
- Adjustable height tripod
- Download Starry Night Basic Software with a 36,000 object database, printable sky maps and enhanced images including 3D renderings of stars, exoplanets, and galaxies
- Warranty: 2 Years
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AUD $419.00
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The saxon 5" DeepSky CT Dobsonian Telescope is the perfect telescope for budding astronomers.
This telescope comes with a focal length of 650mm and an aperture of 130mm which provides bright, sharp views of sky objects. This scope sits on a stable tabletop base and weighs just under 7 kg, making it easy to carry indoors and outdoors between use. You get two 1.25" eyepieces with your pre-assembled telescope - all you need to do is attach your eyepiece to start observing!
The saxon 5" DeepSky CT Dobsonian Telescope makes a great gift for astronomers of all ages and doubles as a great display piece.
NOTE: This is a table top telscope.
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AUD $429.00
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If space is the question, then your answer is none other than the saxon 804AZ3 Pioneer Refractor Telescope.
This short-tube refractor telescope has wide field views, thanks to its achromatic objective lens of 80mm and focal length of 400mm. The Alt-Azimuth mount makes it easy to adjust and focus on your land and sky objects.
The saxon 804AZ3 Pioneer Refractor Telescope ticks all the boxes on portability, cost and storage and makes a perfect addition to your home or office.
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AUD $451.39
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Recommended as a first scope for kids and beginners, or those on a budget. One of our staff favourites! Learn More -
AUD $499.00
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If you're looking for a spotting scope that has good specifications and great value, you'll love the Saxon 20-60x80 Angled Spotting Scope.
With multi-coated optics, variable 20-60x zoom magnification and large objective lens of 80mm, you'll be able to view your target clearly with ease.
Suitable for hunting, target shooting or digiscoping.
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AUD $499.00
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- Manual German equatorial mount with setting circles - to locate and track sky objects
- Adjustable, full height steel tripod with deluxe accessory tray
- Quick and easy no-tool setup
- Accessories include a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, and a finderscope
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AUD $499.00
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Autoguiding has never been easier than with the Sky-Watcher EVOGuide 50ED V2 Guidescope.
- Extra-Low Dispersion (ED) Glass
- Dovetail Vixen Mini Bar
- Use as either a Finderscope, a Guidescope or an Independent Wide-Field Imaging Telescope
- Helical Focuser
- Contains T2 Thread to Fit Standard Guide Cameras
- Small & Compact
- Sky-Watcher 5-Year Warranty
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AUD $499.00
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- Manual altazimuth telescope and with pan handle control for smooth and accurate pointing.
- Adjustable, full height steel tripod with deluxe accessory tray.
- Quick and easy no-tool setup.
- Accessories include a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, a finderscope, and an erect image diagonal - ideal for both terrestrial and astronomical use.
- Coated all-glass optics for clear, crisp images.
- Celestron Starry Night Software included.
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AUD $519.00
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The Prime 16-48X50mm spotting scope combines a light weight, compact design with the superior optical quality and clarity that Bushnell is known for.
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