Buying Guides
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Best Telescopes for Kids 5 and Under
Whether a young child is ready for a telescope, and which ones to try.
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Best Telescopes Under $200
Where budget scopes start showing planets and bright galaxies well.
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Best Star Diagonals
Mirror or prism, 1.25 or 2 inch: the right diagonal for your scope.
Free Resources
Space Printables
Free PDF quizzes and worksheets for kindergarten to adult, with answer keys.
3D Space Models
Spin real maps of the Moon and planets built from NASA data. Find craters, volcanoes and landing sites.
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I’m sure you have seen Betelgeuse in the sky. It is that bright red star that forms the shoulder of…
Meteors and meteorites are a small, but important part of the Solar system. Within them, they have some of the…
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Let’s face it. Sometimes as a beginner, you purchase a brand-new telescope hoping to see the giant red dot in…
If you could just look at Venus and Jupiter from afar at the same time, you might think they’d have…
The Triangulum Galaxy is one of the first targets that beginner stargazers try to look at. It is the farthest…
The Whirpool Galaxy is one of the better-known galaxies. It can be seen with a basic home telescope or even…
Finding a telescope that is reliable, affordable, and light can be a challenge. There are too many options in this…
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