An easy-to-use 'light bucket', the Celestron StarSense Explorer 8-inch Dobsonian telescope finds its targets using just your smartphone. Here's our review When you purchase through links on our site, ...

The amateur astronomy world got a tremendous boost during the 1960s when John Dobson invented what is now called the Dobsonian telescope. Made from commonly-sourced materials and mechanically much ...

The Dobsonian, John Dobson’s sidewalk telescope mount design more commonly referred to as a Dob, has evolved significantly since its first commercial introduction in the 1980s. Many of us remember the ...

Teeter’s Telescopes’ 8-inch Solid Tube Series Dobsonian has a focal ratio of f/5.7. Black velvet lines the inside of the aluminum tube assembly. Its built-in cooling fan is mounted with vibration ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Reflecting telescope made in the ...

After spending five months gazing at the stars while testing 10 telescopes, we think that the Celestron NexStar 5SE is the best telescope for beginners. It offers enough power and an efficient amount ...

John Dobson, a former monk and self-taught stargazer who developed a powerful, inexpensive telescope that almost anyone could build and showed thousands how to do it during five decades as one of ...