Our expert thinks this portable Celestron telescope will delight beginners and younger stargazers

Small telescopes have really come on leaps and bounds in recent years. There was a time when refractors with apertures smaller than 4 inches were seldom to be recommended, but manufacturers have been pushing the capabilities of smaller apertures ever further, with optical coatings and high quality, mass-produced optics helping to eke out every little bit of capability from these pocket-sized instruments. While still aperture-limited — a smaller aperture makes less light received, which mak