65 models, cheapest first

Reviews, model by model

None of these pages gives a mark out of ten. Each is computed from the same numbers the advisor uses — aperture, focal length, mount — plus what its family does well and badly. The eyepiece views are simulations, and say so.

10×50 binoculars

8 models · from €50

76 mm tabletop Newtonian

2 models · from €85

Small telescope with a front-mounted white-light solar filter

1 model · from €102

76 mmBresser Solarix 76/350 AZ€102seen 8 Oct 2026 at Astroshop

70–90 mm refractor on an alt-az mount

7 models · from €119

130 mm tabletop Dobsonian

4 models · from €197

70–90 mm refractor on a manual equatorial mount

3 models · from €244

114–130 mm Newtonian on a manual equatorial mount

4 models · from €309

150–200 mm Dobsonian

3 models · from €357

72–80 mm ED refractor

5 models · from €385

130–150 mm Newtonian on a small GoTo alt-az mount

4 models · from €441

Smart telescope (30–80 mm, integrated camera)

6 models · from €479

102–127 mm Maksutov on a GoTo alt-az

3 models · from €629

250–300 mm Dobsonian

10 models · from €693

150–200 mm Schmidt-Cassegrain on a GoTo alt-az

3 models · from €889

Dedicated hydrogen-alpha solar telescope

2 models · from €990

Reviewed, not suggested

Models sold to beginners whose kit reaches more than twice the magnification of the usual rule (twice the aperture in millimetres), or whose listed focal length is more than 1.3 times their tube — the mark of a lens in the focuser that stretches it. Each page checks that number, and starts with what the advisor suggests for a similar price (up to 1.2 times).

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