The Best Travel Telescope For Winter Camping Astronomy

• 19th Dec 2018

Winter camping allows for plenty of exciting opportunities for amateur astronomers. One of the joys of camping during the long nights of the coldest months of the years is staring up at the stars. Camping trips can take you away from the bright lights of the towns and cities and into more remote regions, where light pollution is lower and there is a better chance of seeing the wonders of the universe. Those who want to see more may wish to consider investing in a travel telescope. Here are three of the best travel scopes available for 2019:

Celestron 21035 70mm Travel Telescope (From £61.97)

This 70mm travel scope is easy to use and comes complete with its own rucksack. It weighs just 3 lbs and is easily portable. The pack includes the refractor telescope with its 2.76 inch aperture, as well as two eyepieces which give magnification of 20x and 40x and an aluminium tripod. This scope is great for beginners, or even for kids, and yet is technical enough to please intermediate astronomers with a little stargazing experience as well.

Celestron 21038 Travel Scope (From £52.99)

This is another offering from Celestron's range. Weighing in at 1 kg (around 2.2 lbs), this journey scope could also be ideal for your winter camping adventures. The journey scope 50 Altazimuth telescope is also easy to transport and to use, with a streamlined size and shape and a handy travel pack that allows it to be transported with ease. This scope comes with two 1.25 inch eyepieces and 3x Barlow lens to allow for various types of astronomy.

Orion 10034 GoScope II Travel Telescope (From £68.99)

A 70mm aperture scope, with a focal length of 400mm, the Orion telescope is an affordable choice for would-be new amateur astronomers. Though affordable, the scope will allow you to see the moon as you've perhaps never seen it before, as well as bright planets, globular star clusters and even the Andromeda galaxy. This scope weighs 6.45 lbs, still perfectly easy to travel with on your camping forays.

Though not as feature packed or effective as more expensive models, each of these travel telescopes are still great first scopes for beginners, adult or child, and ideal for enhancing your winter camping experiences.