Stellar Black Friday telescope deals: sales that are out of this world

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last updated 26 November 2022

In a happy alignment of the stars, the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales fest falls in the part of the year when the evenings get darker earlier and conditions are ideal to start star gazing and planet spotting.

Whether you’re looking for a new beginner’s telescope for a novice night-sky explorer, or thinking of upgrading your current scope to one of the best telescopes on the market, don’t fumble in the dark, focus on these excellent Black Friday deals.

Unistellar eVscope eQuinox: was £2,599 now £1,749 at Unistellar

Highly ranked in our best telescopes guide, and given a 4-star review by our sky scanning expert, the premium-quality Unistellar eVscope eQuinox is a serious step up for stargazers. It substitutes an eyepiece for a screen, shows you much more detail, brightness and colour than any other small telescope you can buy to use in your backyard, and takes excellent photographs. It’s a serious investment too, but at the moment you can save a whopping £850 with Unistellar’s Black Hole Friday deal.

Celestron Inspire 70mm AZ Refractor was £219.99 now £189.99 at Very

Like the Celestron Astromaster 70az, the Inspire 70 is a perfect telescope for beginners and youngsters who want to focus on objects in their own solar system before venturing further out into space. You can set the stable Celestron Inspire 70mm AZ Refractor up in 10 minutes and the lens cap comes with a built-in smartphone adapter, ideal for aspiring astrophotographers. This is a pretty affordable telescope anyway, but this week you can save an extra £30.

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