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r/telescopes is a subreddit with 187k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has crazy activity.
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.
Popular Themes in r/telescopes
#1
Money Talk
: "My son saved up his money to buy this new telescope! "
7 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Halp. My eyepiece fell into my Schmidt Cassegrain body. How do I get it out? "
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "After years of astrophotography, I never knew a 12 inch Dob only cost 750$ 😠😠"
1 post
#4
Advice Requests
: "Newbie to astronomy! Pls help "
1 post
Popular Topics in r/telescopes
#1
Telescope
: "My son saved up his money to buy this new Telescope! "
128 posts
#2
Budget
44 posts
#3
Made
: "I Made some free & open source astronomy web apps for you all. Happy 2025!"
41 posts
#4
Price
32 posts
#5
Moon
: "Moon"
27 posts
#6
Jupiter
: "Jupiter"
23 posts
#7
Hard Time
18 posts
#8
Mars
: "Mars"
18 posts
#9
Frustrating
16 posts
#10
Dobsonian
: "Got my first Dobsonian"
14 posts
Member Growth in r/telescopes
Daily
+209 members(0.1%)
Monthly
+8k members(4.2%)
Yearly
+44k members(31.0%)
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