Telescopes & Astronomy
Beginner Telescopes
Buying your first telescope? Browse our curated selection of beginner telescopes.
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What will you use your telescope for? Explore the many uses of different types of telescopes.
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AUD $399.99In Stock
- Enjoy wide 82º views with Celestron Luminos Eyepieces.
- Retractable eyecup pops up when you need it, drops down when you don’t.
- Sturdy anodized aluminum barrels are threaded for filters.
- A rubber grip keeps the eyepiece securely in your hands, even when it’s cold or you have gloves on.
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AUD $474.99In Stock
- Enjoy wide 82º views with Celestron Luminos Eyepieces.
- Retractable eyecup pops up when you need it, drops down when you don’t.
- Sturdy anodized aluminum barrels are threaded for filters.
- A rubber grip keeps the eyepiece securely in your hands, even when it’s cold or you have gloves on.
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AUD $5,449.00In Stock
- 8” EdgeHD Optics: Provides superb visual and astro-imaging performance, free of coma and field curvature.
- Rechargeable lithium-iron battery with enough power for 10 hours of continuous observing
- Built-in WiFi: No Hand controller required! Just use your smartphone or tablet which connects to the telescope via WiFi.
- StarSense Auto Align: Automatically aligns your telescope and works with the SkyPortal app for complete wireless control.
- Fastar/HyperStar compatible: Image deep sky objects in seconds at f/2, often eliminating the need to autoguide or track on a wedge.
- NexStar Evolution Mount: Packed with convenient features, including manual release clutches and precision machined worm gears for both axes, tray lighting, USB charge port, tray lighting for your accessories, and more.
- Fully motorized computer go-to: After automatically aligning with StarSense, select and go to objects with a tap on your smartphone.
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AUD $69.99In Stock
- A piggyback ride for your camera! Let your telescope do the driving while your camera takes beautiful wide-angle images of the sky.
- Use your own camera lenses to take photographs of the Milky Way, nebulae, the Moon, and more
- Attaches easily to the top rear of any Schmidt Cassegrain telescope in minutes
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AUD $39.99In Stock
- Keep your night vision intact by using a red flashlight when observing!
- The Night Vision Flashlight uses two red LED’s for even illumination
- An easy-to-use thumbwheel adjusts the brightness
- Square shape keeps the Night Vision Flashlight from rolling away
- Powered by an included 9V battery
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Regular Price: AUD $649.99
Special Price AUD $499.00
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- Equatorial wedge for Celestron NexStar 6/8SE and Evolution Alt-Az mounted computerized telescopes
- Enables long exposure astrophotography and autoguiding by tilting the telescope’s azimuth into an equatorial platform allowing it to track an arc around the polar axis.
- For beginner to intermediate planetary and deep space imagers
- Captive hardware, tool-less operation, easily adjusts under load
- All new hefty yet portable design
- Sturdy latitude adjustment screw with easy to read scale and integrated Bubble level
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AUD $164.99In Stock
- X-Cel LX eyepieces, optimized for planetary viewing, offer a 60° field of view through a six-element fully multi-coated lens system
- Pop-up rubber eyeguards provide comfort and increase contrast. Raise and lower with a simple twist.
- A treaded rubber grip offers a no-slip grip, even with gloves on
- 1.25” barrels are threaded to accept filters
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AUD $164.99In Stock
- X-Cel LX eyepieces, optimized for planetary viewing, offer a 60° field of view through a six-element fully multi-coated lens system
- Pop-up rubber eyeguards provide comfort and increase contrast. Raise and lower with a simple twist.
- A treaded rubber grip offers a no-slip grip, even with gloves on
- 1.25” barrels are threaded to accept filters
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AUD $164.99In Stock
- X-Cel LX eyepieces, optimized for planetary viewing, offer a 60° field of view through a six-element fully multi-coated lens system
- Pop-up rubber eyeguards provide comfort and increase contrast. Raise and lower with a simple twist.
- A treaded rubber grip offers a no-slip grip, even with gloves on
- 1.25” barrels are threaded to accept filters
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Regular Price: AUD $5,149.00
Special Price AUD $4,999.00
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- 8” (2032 mm) f/10 Edge HD includes StarBright XLT coatings for better light transmission
- Edge HD optical design fully corrects for coma and field curvature, delivering a truly flat field
- Built-in tube vents with integrated 60 micron mesh filters allow hot air to be released behind the primary mirror
- The secondary mirror can be removed to allow the installation of Hyperstar and Fastar for fast F/2.8 imaging
- 9x50 optical finderscope for locating alignment stars
- Integer gear ratios and permanently programmable Periodic Error Correction eliminates recurring track errors from the worm gear.
- Autoguider port for long exposure imaging
- New motors offer improved tracking performance & provide more power to overcome load imbalances
- Updated industrial design offers more rigidity, less flexure and improved aesthetics
- New design allows viewing or imaging across the meridian without interference from the motors housings
- Improved latitude range. Can be used between 7 – 77° latitude.
- NexStar+ hand control offers multiple language programming (English, French, Italian, German, Spanish)
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