Beginner Telescopes

Orion SkyQuest XT6

The Orion SkyQuest XT6 telescope is an excellent telescope for an amateur astronomer looking to purchase a high quality beginner telescope that will let him or her observe much more than a cheap department store telescope. The Orion SkyQuest XT6 offers great optical quality at inexpensive price and is the best telescope available in its range.

Perhaps the best reason to make the Orion SkyQuest XT6 your first serious telescope is because it is a joy to use; there is no complicated motor drive and no complicated computer to get in the way of observing, you simply point the telescope in the direction that you want to view, and start enjoying!

The Orion SkyQuest XT6 gathers 78% more light than the smaller Orion SkyQuest XT4.5, making it the perfect balance between portability and image quality. The Orion SkyQuest XT6 features tensioning springs and T

eflon joints, which makes the telescope as smooth as possible to position. Unlike many 6” telescopes available for the same price, the Orion SkyQuest XT6 features exceptional build quality and remains surprisingly portable.

The Orion SkyQuest XT6 is a reflector telescope (click this link to learn what that means) and will let you easily observe the moon’s craters and is also great for seeing lunar mountain ranges, planets, star clusters, dual star systems, Saturn’s rings, Saturn’s moons, the Cassini division on Saturn, nebulas and other deep space objects. While the Orion SkyQuest XT6 is perfect for galaxy viewing, it is not great for astrophotography.

The Orion SkyQuest XT6 is available from Amazon.com