Orion offers telescopes for every level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert. Our 100% satisfaction guarantee says it all. Now an employee-owned company, we pride ourselves on an unswerving commitment to best quality products, value and unmatched customer care. Refractor telescope designs place the eyepiece at bottom of the telescope and rely on lenses rather than mirrors to form an image.Since 1975 Orion Telescopes & Binoculars has been offering telescopes for sale direct to customers. This type of telescope is the most common and is widely regarded as the easiest telescope to use, due to its similarities with binoculars. This type of telescope can be used for studying deep sky objects including star clusters and remote galaxies.

Their design places the eyepiece at the side of the device and can be used to view large diameter objects. Reflecting telescopes form an image using a mirror rather than a lens. This type of telescope is highly versatile and can be used for lunar, planetary and deep space observing. Catadioptric TelescopesĬatadioptric telescopes use a combination of mirrors and lenses to form an image.

There are three main types of optical telescope catadioptric, reflector and refractor.

Telescopes are often sold with and without mounts if you'd like a mount with your telescope, choose between equatorial, dovetail, cradle, skyview and double fork. There are several lens coating options including coated, fully coated, multi coated and fully multi coated with objective lens diameters ranging from less than 60mm to over 180mm. You'll find telescopes with waterproof and water resistant coatings, dew shields, dual speed and quick release mechanisms. Depending on how far you'd like to see, magnification ranges from less than 20x to over 100x, and apertures from 25mm to 305mm. New and used telescopes are available from popular brands, including BRESSER, Celestron, Sky Watcher, National Geographic and BAADER. Telescopes are simple to setup and use and can be enjoyed by people of all ages with a keen interest in astronomy. Whether you'd like to view the night sky from your home or are looking for a more advanced telescope, you'll find thousands of options to choose from. The first telescope dates back to the seventeenth century, and almost everything we know about space has been observed through the humble telescope ever since. Telescopes give us a window into space, allowing us to view stars and distant galaxies.

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