Discount Telescopes for Beginners

Discount telescopes or used telescopes are a great way for beginning astronomers to get started purchasing telescopic equipment without going broke. Discounted equipment does not have to mean poor quality. You can buy last years model which this year is discounted, and is of a high quality.

The Orion Observer is a great discount telescope for beginners. This discounted telescope is a 70mm Altazimuth refractor. It is lightweight and compact so its easy to carry to your observing location, whether it be out on the lawn or an hour's drive into the hills. Even though this telescope is discounted, the Orion Observer has lots of great features.

Orion 70 discounted telescopes are outfitted with a smooth-action rack-and-pinion focuser on one end and a dew cap/glare shield on the other. Orion 70's lens takes in 36% more light than a 60mm lens giving you brighter images and, for astronomy, a larger array of objects to see. Telescopes that are discounted can give you amazing images.