Telescope buyer’s reference — aperture vs. focal ratio, mount tracking, and what matters for visual versus astrophotography.
What Telescopespecs Covers
This site is a working reference for telescope selection, mount tuning, and astrophotography. We publish:
- Buyer’s guides — comparison tables of equipment at every price tier, with notes on what matters and what doesn’t.
- How-to articles — practical, tested procedures with the failure modes that come up in real homes and shops.
- Background explainers — the underlying technology, math, or biology so the buyer’s guides make sense.
Articles are organized into hub-and-spoke clusters around telescopes and amateur astronomy’s major subtopics, so once you land on one piece of writing you can navigate the whole topic from there.
Who Writes This
Telescopespecs is written by Kenny Nyhus Fadil, who also publishes a small network of niche reference sites. I bought my first 6″ Dobsonian in 2018 and graduated through refractors and an EQ-mounted SCT for astrophotography. TelescopeSpecs is the reference I wish I had — real specs comparisons, mount-load math, and beginner-trap warnings.
If a topic on this site falls outside what I’ve personally tested, I’ll say so in the article and link to the primary sources I’m relying on. Where there’s a manufacturer claim I haven’t independently verified, I’ll mark it as such.
Editorial Standards
- Independent. Telescopespecs accepts review samples but never guaranteed-positive coverage. We disclose review-sample relationships in the article where applicable.
- Affiliate-funded. The site is supported by affiliate commissions on outbound product links. Recommendations are not influenced by which retailer pays the highest commission. See our Disclaimer for full details.
- Updated. We revisit articles at least annually and add an “updated” date when we make material changes. Pricing, model availability, and software versions move fast — if something on the page is stale, email and we’ll fix it.
- Corrections welcomed. If you spot an error, write to [email protected]. Real corrections get noted in the article body.
What We Don’t Do
We don’t publish sponsored posts disguised as editorial. We don’t accept link-injection requests from SEO agencies. We don’t run press-release republishing. If a manufacturer wants coverage they can mail a unit for review, knowing the review will be honest.
Get In Touch
Questions, corrections, review-sample inquiries, or topic requests: [email protected].