Brands

We publish a brand page only where we have enough products in the catalogue and enough to say to make it worth reading. We are not affiliated with any manufacturer.

Celestron

An independent look at Celestron's telescope range — the orange-tube Schmidt-Cassegrains, the NexStar GoTo packages, the aplanatic EdgeHD series and the RASA astrographs.

4 telescopes in the catalogue

Explore Scientific

An independent look at Explore Scientific's range — FCD-100 apochromatic refractors and carbon-fibre Ritchey-Chretien astrographs, and where each one sits against its competition.

2 telescopes in the catalogue

Sky-Watcher

An independent look at Sky-Watcher's range — Dobsonians, Newtonians, ED refractors and Maksutovs, and the value proposition that has made it the default recommendation for first telescopes.

6 telescopes in the catalogue

Brands with fewer than 2 products in our catalogue do not get a page. A single product is not a brand assessment, and generating one anyway would be a thin page that helps nobody.