Refractors

A 4-inch refractor has long been considered a turning point in visual observing. It retains the portability and ease of smaller instruments, but ad...

Celestron TravelScope 60 DX Refractor Telescope with Backpack Item #22007An ultra-portable 60mm refractor telescope kit with accessories for starga...

Most refractors need a separate field flattener to image properly. You buy the scope, then you buy the flattener, then you figure out the spacing, ...

The included 1.7x extender takes the FOA-60 to another level, as well as letter.  This combination is referred to as the FOA-60Q.  You will simply ...

The new Takahashi FSQ-85ED (the "Baby Q") apochromatic ED quadruplet is a clear leader in the ranks of relatively small aperture refractors. Its fo...

The PowerSeeker 60 equatorial refractor is a very economical introduction to astronomy for the beginning backyard astronomer. It is capable of prov...

Five inches of refractor aperture used to mean a serious commitment — a heavy tube, a substantial mount, and a permanent spot in the observatory. T...

You buy a refractor for imaging, and the first thing you learn is that you need a field flattener. Then you learn that the flattener has to match y...

The original Hot Product TeleVue NP-127is has long been regarded as one of the finest optical systems available for both visual observing and imagi...

The Celestron PowerSeeker 70 equatorial refractor is a great scope for the beginning astronomer who wants good images of the Moon, planets, star cl...

The Celestron PowerSeeker 60 altazimuth refractor is a very economical introduction to casual astronomy and nature study for the backyard astronome...

The PowerSeeker 50A altazimuth refractor is a very, very economical introduction to casual astronomy and nature study for the beginning astronomer,...

Eighty millimeters is the aperture where a refractor stops being a novelty and starts being a real telescope. The Sky Rover 80 GPS takes that thres...

The Takahashi FC-76DS is an updated version of the beloved Takahashi from 1980.  The fluorite doublet will truly take you back to the future. Like ...

Relive the 80's with this updated version of a Takahashi Classic, the Takahashi FC-76DCU. Like the FS series, the FC series are apochromatic refrac...

The Sky-Watcher Evostar 150DX is one of the most affordable 6" ED doublet refractors available today with a large format rack and pinion focuser. S...

The TV-76 uses a 3" (76mm) true apochromatic doublet lens using an SD (special dispersion) glass element. Thanks to this special low chromatic disp...

The Celestron 70mm AstroMaster LT altazimuth refractor is a surprisingly good, but surprisingly inexpensive, scope for the beginning astronomer who...

The Celestron PowerSeeker 80 equatorial refractor is a visible step up in performance from the typical 60mm beginner's scope, at a price not much h...

Some telescopes are instruments. The Sky Rover 155 GPS is a statement — and then it backs the statement up with the views. A 155mm f/8 air-spaced t...

A 130mm triplet apochromat is where a refractor becomes a serious instrument — the kind of telescope that astrophotographers build their imaging ri...

A triplet apochromat at 70mm might seem like overkill — until you point it at a star field and see what three elements can do that two cannot. The ...

There was a time when a six-inch refractor meant a permanent pier, a roll-off roof, and a second mortgage. That era is over. The Sky Rover 150 GPA ...