r/telescopes

93K archived posts · Oct 2008 – Sep 2026

r/telescopes

The home to all amateur astronomers & telescopes! Feel free to discuss anything astronomical here, from what sort of telescope you should get, stargazing tips and tricks, to how to use that scope of yours that's been sitting around! Astrophotography is permitted as well, but feel free to check out /r/astrophotography for more of that. If you're looking for your first telescope, please read the stickied post and check out the review/buying guide links in the sidebar before posting.

Created Oct 18, 2008

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Telescopes, eyepieces, events, marathons, charts, eyepieces, reviews, marathons, articles, etc. Anything that relates to amateur astronomy and its practice.

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Subreddit Rules

Before posting, make sure your post follows the subreddit rules otherwise they may be removed.

Rule 1:
If you're totally new to telescopes and astronomy, please read our Beginner's Quick Guide to choosing your first telescope which is sticky'd to the top of the subreddit. Failure to read and posting "which telescope should I buy" will result in your post being removed and you being referred to this guide.

Rule 2: Petitions/surveys/crowdfunders
Links to petitions, surveys, crowdfunders, and other advertisements to sell your own products are prohibited here. There are other subs and communities for this. You can post used item ads here, but do post them on other communities or websites such as Cloudynights, Astromart, etc.

Rule 3: Be civil
Non-civil behaviour such as insulting, flaming, etc, will not be tolerated. This sub is a place for everyone to learn and help each other, and such behaviour only does bad things to everyone involved.

Rule 4: Direct links
Direct links should be accompanied by commentary as a top level comment, and should be a source of discussion. Not providing commentary, or posting content from a single source will be assumed to be attempts of driving traffic, which is not allowed here. Self promotion is only permitted to active members of the community.

Rule 5: Images
Images must have a top-level comment containing acquisition and processing details. This includes your gear as well as any processing you did to the image. This enforces quality, encourages discussion, and benefits everyone. Images must be taken by you, with gear which you own - remote or professional services such as DSW or Hubble are not permitted. Concept art is not permitted, nor is content not relating to visual astronomy/telescopes. Infringing posts will be removed.

Rule 6: Titles
Titles should not be 'clickbaity' nor self-deprecating - we're all here to learn so there is no point in calling yourself a 'noob' and/or putting yourself down. Titles should be descriptive about what you're discussing/posting.

Rule 7: Low effort content
Low-effort content such as those complaining about the weather (we get it, clouds are bad), simple questions that usually result in one line responses (these should be posted in our weekly discussion threads instead), general 'shitposting', memes, etc. are not permitted in the subreddit. r/telescopes aims to be a high quality sub where users can discuss all things telescopes and astronomy, but allowing such repetitive and low-effort posts will drastically lower the overall quality of the sub.

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