Category: Telescopes

One of the most pressing questions every beginner faces is: what telescope should I actually get? And the moment you start looking into it, you quickly realize this isn’t a simple question. It opens up a whole conversation about the different types of telescopes out there — each with their own strengths, quirks, and passionate…

Before we get into who these telescopes are and aren’t for, it’s worth explaining what we actually mean by a smart telescope, because the term gets used in a few different ways. At the broadest level, it can refer to any telescope that uses technology to assist with finding or tracking objects. But increasingly, the…

If you have spent any time reading about telescopes, you have probably seen the words Dobsonian and Newtonian used like they mean the same thing. They do not — but the confusion is understandable, and once you know the difference it all clicks into place pretty quickly. The short answer is this: Newtonian describes the…