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The Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ.

Astronomy for beginners, Observing, Telescopes and Equipment

Best telescopes for beginners at High Point Scientific

The Celestron NexStar 6SE is one of our best telescopes for under $1000.

Astronomy for beginners, Science, Telescopes and Equipment

The best telescopes under $1,000

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Astronomy for beginners, Telescopes and Equipment

The best telescopes for kids, picked by experts

Molly Wakeling looks through a telescope.

Astronomy for beginners, Observing, Telescopes and Equipment

Telescopes 101: 15 essential things to know

The best telescopes for beginners are the ones that don't end up in a closet.

Astronomy for beginners, Observing

The best telescopes for beginners to view planets, galaxies, and more

The Celestron NexStar 130 SLT.

Astronomy for beginners, Observing, Telescopes and Equipment

Best telescopes for $500 or less

Mercury, shown in an enhanced-color image from NASA’s Messenger probe. Credit: NASA / JHU Applied Physics Lab / Carnegie Inst. Washington

Astronomy for beginners, Observing, Observing Basics, Planets

How to observe planets with a small telescope

The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest large galaxy to us. Credit: Massimo Di Fusco

Astronomy for beginners, Science

20 strange but true space facts

The curvature of the Earth is visible in this 2014 photo, which ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti snapped from the International Space Station. Source: NASA/Samantha Cristoforetti

Astronomy for beginners, Science

Why Earth is not flat: The conspiracy debunked

Neil Armstrong was the first man on the Moon — but only a few pictures from the crew’s cameras show him on his historic moonwalk. In one of them (above), he is visible as a reflection in Buzz Aldrin’s helmet. Credit: NASA

Astronomy for beginners, Space Exploration

5 facts about NASA you might not know

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a snapshot of the early universe; it is the oldest light we can see. This light has been Doppler shifted into the microwave portion of the spectrum, outside the realm of naked-eye observing. In this image, generated with data from the Planck satellite, different colors represent tiny temperature fluctuations in the universe. Credit: ESA and the Planck Collaboration

Astronomy for beginners, Science

4 things you might not know about space

Astronomy for beginners, Deep-Sky Objects

Observe the constellation Auriga: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher