PushTo or manual telescopes are a great way to look at the stars. There's something satisfying about learning to navigate the night sky through recognizing constellations and asterisms, and then star hopping to the nearest Messier object, or binary system. These are low-tech, low-fuss telescopes that will give you years of enjoyment as you explore space from the comfort of our home planet. We've bundled them with filter sets to enhance details and contrast, great guide books, and red-light flashlights so you can see what you're doing without wrecking your night vision.
Learn to Stargaze Reviews Our Startravel 102 Bundle!
This video is a great review of not just the Startravel 102 but the great accessories we offer in all of our bundles below. Have a watch and see why these will help you get the most out of your telescope.
The Dobsonian Bundle
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Total price: $1,463.85
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The StarSense Bundle
Celestron
Celestron has reinvented the manual telescope with StarSense Explorer-the first telescope that uses your smartphone to analyze the night sky and calculate its position in real time. Make your selection and arrows appear onscreen, guiding you.
$634.95
Celestron
This rechargeable red LED light will help you see what you're doing (or find your keys) without ruining your night-vision. It also doubles as a power bank for your phone or other small devices.
$59.95
Celestron
Celestron X-Cel LX series eyepieces offer a 60º apparent field of view, perfect for the Moon, the planets, and a plethora of deep-sky objects. The premium six-element eyepiece will give beautiful high-magnification views.
$148.95
Sky Instruments
Filters will add contrast to really bright objects like the moon and planets. To make the details pop, use the ND25 filter for the moon, and contrasting colors for the planets.
$60.95
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We love the StarSense Explorer collection. This model comes with a really nice quality 130mm aperture Newtonian optical tube. It uses high quality mirrors to deliver more than 20 times more light than the human eye will see on its own. To help you get the most of this scope we've bundled it with a red light flashlight that will preserve your night vision and recharge your cell phone, a 5mm eyepiece that will bring the magnification up to 130x for high quality planetary views and zooming in on the moon, and a nice set of filters to add contrast to those bright solar system objects. This is everything you need to get a good start looking at the moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and the 110 Messier objects.
The Star Travel Bundle
Sky-Watcher
Crisp images at a reasonable price make it an excellent beginner's "first telescope", or a great travelling telescope for a more advanced observer. This optical tube can give awesome wide-field or fantastic high-magnification views.
$540.00
Formac Lorimer Books
This is our favorite book for beginners! It organizes 110 beginner-telescope friendly targets by viewing season, shows you where to find them, and what you should expect to see.
$23.95
Celestron
Celestron X-Cel LX series eyepieces offer a 60º apparent field of view, perfect for the Moon, the planets, and a plethora of deep-sky objects. The premium six-element eyepiece will give beautiful high-magnification views.
$148.95
Sky Instruments
Filters will add contrast to really bright objects like the moon and planets. To make the details pop, use the ND25 filter for the moon, and contrasting colors for the planets.
$60.95
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Total price: $773.85
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We have a soft-spot for refractors and this is one of our favourites. This model comes with a really nice quality 102mm aperture refracting optical tube. It uses high quality glass to deliver more than 20 times more light than the human eye will see on its own. To help you get the most of this scope we've bundled it with a 5mm eyepiece that will bring the magnification up to 130x for high quality planetary views and zooming in on the moon, a nice set of filters to add contrast to those bright solar system objects, and an excellent guide to the 110 Messier objects that this scope will show you. This is an excellent telescope and the workbook will keep you busy year round exploring the wonders of the night sky.
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