Here are the best telescope deals we've found after Prime Day 2024
Prime Day may be over, but there are still deals to be had. As we look ahead to Black Friday, here are some of the best telescope deals still live today.
Prime Day has now been and gone, but there are still discounts to be found on some of the best telescopes. We've scoured the web for all the best telescope deals and price-checked them against one another to bring you the cheapest deals on the best telescopes in one place.
We've thoroughly inspected each deal to ensure that it's the best price around and that there hasn't been any sneaky price-hiking to make deals look better than they actually are. With Black Friday on the horizon, we're expecting to see more great deals over the coming month.
We kept track of all the best deals throughout the Amazon Prime Big Deal Days, but that doesn't stop now Prime Day has gone. We've compiled all the best deals on air purifiers, electric toothbrushes, health and fitness equipment, binoculars, cameras and more in our Amazon Prime Day hub.
Best telescope deals today
- Celestron Advanced VX 8-inch EdgeHD: was $2,799 now $2,399
- Celestron NexStar 130SLT: was $639.95 now $551.54
- Celestron NexStar 4SE: was $679 now $450
Best telescope deals
Save $400 on a telescope that offers sharp views of many different celestial objects, from planets and the Moon to faint galaxies, nebulas and star clusters. It's excellent for astrophotography and it's lightweight enough to travel with to dark sky sites.
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Editor's Note Oct. 10 — Deal still live. Not a Prime Day deal but still a great price.
Save $88 on this affordable GoTo telescope from Celestron. Choose from a database with over 4,000 stars, galaxies, nebulas and more, and it will automatically locate and slew to your chosen object.
Editor's note Oct 10 — It was around $60 cheaper in the Prime Day sale, but this price is still lower than it usually is.
Save $229 on this amazing GoTo telescope. Its younger sibling, the 8SE, is known as the world's most beloved telescope, so for beginners or anyone on a budget looking for a fantastic scope that will last years, this is a great deal — and we've never seen it this cheap before.
- Visit our Amazon Prime Big Deal Days hub for deals on air purifiers, electric toothbrushes, health & fitness equipment, cameras, telescopes, binoculars, star projectors and more.
Check out our other guides to the best air purifiers, air purifiers for allergies, the best telescopes, microscopes for students, binoculars, rowing machines, electric toothbrushes and more.
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Kimberley Lane, E-commerce writer for Live Science, has tested hundreds of optics equipment reviewing cameras, lenses and tripods, and getting hands-on observations with binoculars and more. Also a landscape & seascape photographer living in South England she originally used photography as a way to cope with health issues, aiming to portray a feeling of calm and peace through her images. Her work has also been featured in a number of national photography magazines and regularly contributes to our sister site Space.com.