THE SKY AT NIGHT
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THE MAIN EVENT
Celestron Inspire 80AZ
A bit like a globe drinks cabinet, there’s a cheesiness to owning a telescope that makes it kind of cool. Celestron’s stupidly easy-to-set-up spyglass is called Inspire for a reason, because it’ll have you reaching for the stars in no time. The genius at work here is the ability to attach a smartphone so you can take interstellar images with the camera using the telescope as a super-long lens – your Insta followers won’t see that coming. A built-in red LED flashlight provides some night vision so you don’t go bull-in-a-china-shop clumsy, and a focus micrometer switches you back to a specific focus point: Millennium Falcon, Starship Enterprise, Superman, etc.