Celestron FirstScope Tabletop Reflector

A roll call of astronomers wraps around a working telescope.

FirstScope sits on a table like a small globe. Turn its round base and tilt the tube to point it, then lean over the side to look through the eyepiece. Names winding around the barrel give you something to read while twilight turns to dark.

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WHY IT CAUGHT OUR EYE

Its unusual shape follows the route of the light. A mirror gathers it at the bottom of the short tube and sends it back toward an eyepiece on the side.

BEFORE YOU BUY

Set the base on a firm, level surface at a comfortable viewing height. This is the Classic astronomer-name edition. Never point a telescope at the Sun without a suitable front-mounted solar filter.

Classic 76 mm FirstScope, item 21024, with scientists’ names around its tube and a tabletop base.