The best telescopes in 2026 are not the ones with the biggest numbers on the box. Nor are they necessarily the most expensive. The best telescopes in 2026 are the telescopes that do what you expect them to do provided you know what to expect. And that's where things often go wrong. Many people [...]
The January 2026 starry sky: recognizable, and lots happening! The January 2026 starry sky brings one of the most recognizable celestial scenes of the year. As soon as darkness falls, a backdrop forms that almost every stargazer instinctively recognizes: Orion in the south, the Pleiades high in the east, Auriga and Gemini above you, and in [...]
The Full Moon January 2026: the first highlight of the new year The Full Moon January 3, 2026, traditionally the Wolf Moon of January 2026, appears on the night of Jan. 2 to 3 and is the first celestial landmark of the year. The winter season is known for its clear, cold layers of air, and precisely because of this, [....]
Very occasionally, an object appears at the edge of our solar system that breaks through everything we are used to. 1I/ʻOumuamua did it in 2017. 2I/Borisov did it again in 2019. And in 2025 it will happen for the third time: 3I ATLAS, a visitor from outside our solar system, will pass by. Since its discovery on [...]
A refractor telescope is a telescope that uses lenses to gather light and form an image of objects in the sky. It is the classic type of telescope as most people imagine it: a long, straight tube with a lens at the front and an eyepiece at the back. In this [...]
What is a reflector telescope? It's a question many beginning stargazers ask. A reflector telescope is a type of telescope that uses mirrors to collect light and show a magnified image of celestial bodies. Unlike a lens telescope (refractor), with a reflector you look at the universe through a clever system of [...]
The question of what can you see with a smart telescope resonates with many novice astrophotographers and stargazers. Smart telescopes promise simplicity, automatic tracking and impressive photos - but what can you really see with them? In this blog, we provide a realistic overview of the possibilities, including examples of deep-sky objects and tips by object type. [...]
Due to its emerging popularity, we often get the question ‘what is a smart telescope? A smart telescope is a fully automated telescope that automatically recognizes, tracks and photographs objects in the night sky. Instead of manually aiming or using complicated settings, you let the smart telescope do everything for you via an app on [...].
Lately, we have often been asked ‘What is a dobson telescope? To answer this, we decided to write a piece about it. For many stargazers, a Dobson telescope is the best way to easily, powerfully and affordably explore the universe. While other telescopes are often complicated to set up [...]
Viewing Neptune through a telescope feels like discovering a secret of the universe. Far away, silent and inconspicuous - and yet this blue ice giant is one of the most beautiful objects you can capture as an amateur astronomer. No planet is so far away, and that very fact makes it something of a trophy among observers. Where Jupiter gives you [...]
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