Giant ground-based reflector telescopes do much of astronomy's heavy lifting, although the U.S.'s largest in Hawaii is not ...

The 24-inch Boller & Chivens f/8 Cassegrain was installed in the dome of Sommers-Bausch ... For the first eight years of its life, the 24-inch was the sole telescope at SBO, and was kept busy seven ...

Just to make it that little bit more challenging, there's also three different main types of telescopes to look out for. You have the choice of refractor, reflector and catadioptric telescopes ...

Gaze into the great beyond from your own backyard with the best telescopes for stargazing ... Our second pick, the Celestron StarSense Explorer 8", is probably even better for newbie stargazers.

The Sky-Watcher Explorer 130 EQ2 telescope is one of the best beginner telescopes simply because it’s one of the most unusual. At its core it’s a Newtonian reflector telescope like many others ...