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Orion Telescopes Orion has a wonderful store right on the Amazon.com website Amazon's Orion Telescope Store Orion telescopes sell a wide range of telescopes, binoculars, and accessories for astronomical and terrestrial use. One of the great things about the company is that they very much cater to all classes of user with a solid line of beginner, intermediate, and advanced products. So if you are a beginner you can get something priced suitable and have the comfort of knowing you can stick with them if your passion for astronomy and telescopes grows.
A Selection of Orion telescopes and Products
Orion StarBlast Astro Telescope This telescope is specifically designed for children. It is durable, reasonably priced, yet powerful. It has a 4 1/2 inch mirror which is considered to be the perfect introductory sized reflector telescope. It is also designed to be compact, easy to handle and durable. Nice first telescope that gives plenty of durability coupled with enough power to keep interest. Really not a toy. Recommended for children 9 and up but perfectly suitable for children of any age up to 100.
Orion Observer 70mm EQ Refractor Telescope Looking for a powerful beginner telescope at a very reasonable price? This refractor fits the bill perfectly. It's got an oversized 70mm lens which is a notch above the typical 60mm and it has an equatorial mount which makes stargazing much easier. Just a solid first telescope and good for celestial and terrestrial observing. That extra 10 mm of lens gives you 36% more light gathering power. And they get you it at the price of a typical 60mm scope price.
Orion SkyView Pro 8 XLT Schmidt-Cassegrain with IntelliScope Upgrade Kit Looking to really get the most out of astronomy? This is a magnificent telescope in the schmidt-cassegrain composite and it has all the necessary extras like a heavy duty mount and an automatic starfinder database of over 14,000 objects. This is a telescope for the true hobbyist. You are going to be able to take some magnificent pictures with this scope.
Orion SkyView Pro 120ED GoTo Refractor This is a high quality refractor telescope with astonishing clarity and power. And is particularly good if your passion is planetary and lunar observing. Planetary and lunar observing are best done with refractor telescopes. They are best suited for it. It has the GoTo package which automatically finds over 13,000 sky objects and it comes with a rock solid mount. Just a fabulous telescope for the serious hobbyist.
Orion Aristocrat 18x50mm Brass Refractor Sometimes a telescope is more than just a telescope. This is a scope crafted with more than just observing in mind. It is just simply beautiful with brass tube and african mahogany tripod. Perfect as a showpiece in the home but also powerful and useful for astronomical and terrestrial viewing. Just a perfect conversation piece for the deck or the balcony. It will change any party you throw. Other Orion Products
Orion Resolux WP 7x50 Astronomincal Binoculars Orion also makes a wide selection of high quality binoculars that are tuned for astronomy but also very effective for terrestrial viewing. Here is a direct link to the Orion Binoculars on Amazon.com Orion Binoculars
Orion eView 8x32 LCD Digital Camera Binocular This is their best-selling binoculars and they are unique in that they can be used to take pictures which can easily be uploaded to your computer. Nice set of unique binoculars.
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What does Will say about Orion Telescopes - They have a great product line, their scopes are excellent quality and they offer lots of extra stuff that bring a lot of added enjoyment to star gazing. Price is important with them as it probably is with you. They have a nice selection of low priced starter scopes which are perfect. 
That new telescope of yours will show you lots of cool celestial objects - but only if you know where to look. And once you do spot something, wouldn't it be nice to know what it is? With this Toolkit, you'll never be "lost in space"! It contains four items designed to help new astronomers find their way around the heavens: Star Target Planisphere; Discover the Stars observer's guide; Moon map; and RedBeam Mini LED Astro Flashlight. 
