Telescope Rental Options
Explore Our Telescope Rental Options
Discover a selection of telescopes designed to enhance your stargazing and educational experiences.
Refractor Telescopes
Utilising lens to collect and focus the light, these telescopes are ideal for beginners, these telescopes offer crisp, clear views of celestial objects.
Reflector Telescopes
Reflectors us a Concave mirror in their base to collect and focus light. Perfect for deep-sky observation, these telescopes provide excellent light capture.
Compound Telescopes
Combining the best features of refractors and reflectors, these telescopes deliver versatility and performance.
Discover Our Stellar Telescope Rental Options
Most Telescopes Rentals come with a choice of Manual Alt-Azimuth Mount or a Manual Equatorial Mount, upgrades to a motorized and computer control mount are available.
Refractor Telescopes
Perfect for beginners, these telescopes offer crisp, clear views of the night sky. These use lenses only to collect and focus the light to the eyepiece.
| Telescope | Rental Cost / 2 Weeks |
| Skywatcher 80 ED 80mm 600mm f7.5  | $80 |
Skywatcher Star Travel 102 102mm 500mm f4.9 | $50 |
Skywatcher Bk1021 102mm 1000mm f9.8 | $40 |
Skywatcher Star Travel 120 120mm 600mm f5.6 | $60 |
| Skywatcher 120 120mm 1000mm f8.3  | $60 |
| Skywatcher 120 (modified) 120mm 1000mm f8.3 Comes with Williams Optical Binoviewer  | $50 |
| Explore Scientific FCD 100 127mm ED APO 127mm 952mm f7.5  | $100 |
| Meade ETX LS 6 ACF 152mm 1524mm f10 Go-To Telescope (comes with its own tripod designed to hold the base of this mount. It can be used as a table top telescope, (shown) or on a tripod)  | $30 |
Reflector Telescopes
Ideal for deep-sky exploration, delivering stunning views of distant galaxies. These use concave mirrors to collect and focus the light to the eyepiece.
| Telescope | Rental Cost / 2 Weeks |
| Celestron First Scope 76mm 300mm f4 Table top Dobsonian Telescope (no additional Mount available)  | $30 Mount is a Dobsonian attached to telescope, Includes a solar filter, 2 lenses, and a cell Phone holder. Comes in a tool box carrying case for easy transport. |
| Edmond Scientific Astroscan 2001 105mm 445mm f4.2 Table Top Ball Mount. (no additional mount available)  | $30 Ball mount sits in a cradled tripod, includes 2 eyepieces. |
Celestron Astromaster 130 EQ 130mm 650mm f5 | $30 |
| Skywatcher 8″ Dobsonian 203mm 1200mm f9 (no additional mount available)  | $40 includes Telrad view finder, and 2 Eyepieces |
Compound Telescopes
A versatile choice, combining the best aspects of both refractor and reflector designs.
| Telescope | Rental Cost / 2 weeks |
| Skywatcher MAK 127 127mm 1500mm f11.8  | $30 |
| Celestron Nexstar 4 SE 102mm 1325mm f13 Go-To single forked mount on Tripod. Can be powered by outlet plug, or by 8 AA batteries.  | $50 |
| ETX LS 6 ACF 152mm 1524mm f10 Go-To Single Forked Mount on tripod. Self Orients. Requires outlet plug to operate.  | $60 |
| Celestron Nexstar 6 150mm 1499mm f10 Go-To single forked mount on tripod. Requires outlet plug to operate.  | $60 |
| Meade LX90 10″ 254mm 2500mm f10 Go-To dual forked mount on Heavy Duty Tripod. Requires outlet plug to operate  | $200 |
Advanced Accessories
Enhance your stargazing experience with a tripod and mount to suit your needs.
| Tripod/Mount Options | Rental cost / 2 Weeks |
| Manual Alt-azimuth Mount Orion VersaGo II  Explore Scientific Twilight 1  | Included |
Manual Equatorial Mount | Included |
| Orion Starseeker Computer Controled Go-To Mount Powered by outlet cord  | +$30 |
| Skywatcher EQ3 Equatorial Go-To Mount Powered by outlet cord  | +$40 |
| Skywatcher AZ EQ5 Computer Go-To Mount with Alt-Azimuth and Equatorial Set up Modes Powered by outlet cord  | +$50 |
Robotic Telescopes
New Robotic telescopes operate and are viewed via your cellphone or tablet. Use requires downloading an app dependant on the device.
| Telescope | Rental Cost / 2 Weeks |
| Dwarflab II 24mm 100mm 675mm/48mm f4.2/f2.4 (requires the DwarfLab App to be downloaded to phone or tablet to operate)  | $80 |
| Seestar 50 50mm 250mm f5 Apochromatic triple (requires the Seestar App to be downloaded to phone or tablet to operate)  | $80 |
| Seestar 30 30mm 150mm f5 Apochromatictriple (requires the Seestar App to be downloaded to phone or tablet to operate) | $70 |
Discover the Universe With Us
Take the first step towards an unforgettable stargazing experience with a telescope rental from MEESS Education