A little closer
to infinity.
The Pillars
of Creation.
A sky without
limits.
The same familiar garden.
A different way of looking up.
A garden of
possibilities.
Every scope here has a story: a target, a night, a first light.
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Every telescope, tested under the same sky.
Every telescope, mount, camera and filter I review goes out in the same garden in the middle of England, onto the same targets, and gets one score out of 100 for Stars for Your Buck. Value decides it: a cheap thing that overdelivers can beat an expensive one.
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Shoot-outSmart telescope shoot-outThe same targets through ten smart telescopes, lined up star for star.
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Live viewsThrough the eyepieceMy live captures, scaled to what you would really see through a Dobsonian.
Take a look → ★ ★ ★2026Awards2026The Telescope Man AwardsFirst, second and third in every category, decided by the scores alone.
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The methodHow I testFive criteria, one score out of 100, and the same frame on every review.
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I'm Damon, a physics graduate and former physics teacher. Most of the gear here I buy, some is gifted and some is loaned, and all of it is reviewed the same way. Affiliate links can earn me a small commission; it never moves a score. About me · Disclosure