Many of the manufacturers listed in this work are still in business after decades of service to the amateur astronomical community, and are continuing to turn out telescopes. Will the new telescopes of today make good buys for the future? Only time will tell. Nevertheless, if you've got to have a NEW telescope, here are some links.

See the new links to telescope review sites at the bottom of the page!

General Links

Telescope Reviews

In these pages I have tried to include only telescopes that are truely usable for astonomical purposes. Other than that I have tried to be largely non-judgmental. If you would like to have some critical input from users of various models here are some links to telescope review pages.

• Todd Gross' Reviews
• Excelsis compilation of user reviews
• Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews
• Ed Ting's Equipment Reviews

Manufacturers

• Astro-Physics Inc.
• Bausch & Lomb
• Celestron International
• D&G Optical
• Discovery
• Jim's Mobile Inc.
• Edmund Scientific
• Mag I Instruments
• Meade Instruments
• Obsession Telescopes
• Orion Telescope
• Parks Optical
• Questar Inc.
• TEC
• TMB Optical
• Starmaster Telescopes
• Starsplitter
• Stellarvue
• Tele Vue Inc.
• Unitron
• Vixen Telescopes