Guides
Buying guides and target galleries
Long reads and comparisons built from my own reviews and my own images: which smart telescope to buy, one nebula through every telescope I have pointed at it, and the gear I have lined up head to head.
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The guides
Buying guide · Smart telescopes
The best smart telescopes in 2026, tested side by side
All 10 smart telescopes I have reviewed, ranked by my Stars for Your Buck score, with who each one suits and the same nebula through six of them. The top scorer right now is the ZWO Seestar S30 Pro.
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Target gallery · NGC 7000
The North America Nebula through every telescope I've tested
25 telescopes, one nebula, every image star-aligned onto the same frame at true scale. Turn the dials to compare any two, then filter the lot by type and price.
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