Beginner Telescopes

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.

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

Recommended as a first scope for kids and beginners, or those on a budget. One of our staff favourites!

• Perfect for SAFELY viewing the Sun!
• Meets ISO 12312-2:2015
• CE certified to 12-16 of EN 169/1992.
• Removable white-light solar filter for use BOTH day & night!
• Parabolic Newtonian Reflector with a large 114mm (4.5") aperture for a great view of planets, nebulae, and the Sun!
• Lightweight (10.8 lbs) and compact with a removable 450mm (f/3.95) optical tube for portability
• Comes with 26mm and 9mm eyepieces for low and high magnifications
• 360° swivel mount and a simple point-and-look design for easy use

The saxon 709AZ3 Refractor Telescope is a value-for-money telescope that gives good views of both land and sky.

This portable telescope comes with a multi-coated, achromatic objective lens of 70mm and a focal length of 900mm. The telescope's sturdy Alt-Azimuth mount allows you to move the scope up and down and left to right, making it easy to point at objects. 

Whether you're looking at landscape or the night sky, you'll get a great observing session out of the saxon 709AZ3 Refractor Telescope. 

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.

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.

Take in amazing views of land and sky with the saxon 909AZ3 Refractor Telescope.

This telescope uses a multi-coated achromatic objective lens of 90mm and a focal length of 910mm to create high-resolution views. Combined with the scope's rack-and-pinion system, you'll easily be able to bring your images smoothly into focus.

• 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

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.