About WhichScope

WhichScope is a data-driven telescope and astronomy gear review platform. We score every telescope across seven dimensions: value, beginner-friendliness, astrophotography capability, portability, planetary viewing, deep-sky performance, and an overall composite score. This lets you compare apples to apples instead of reading scattered, subjective reviews.

Our Mission

Choosing a telescope shouldn't mean sifting through hundreds of Reddit threads, Cloudy Nights posts, YouTube videos, and manufacturer spec sheets. WhichScope brings all that information together into a structured, transparent scoring system. Think RTINGS for TVs or PCPartPicker for computers, but for telescopes and astronomy gear.

How We Score

Our scores combine manufacturer specifications, retailer data, and synthesized community feedback from forums like Cloudy Nights and r/telescopes. Every scoring dimension uses a documented, transparent methodology. No black boxes.

Affiliate Disclosure

WhichScope participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This never influences our scores or rankings. Our methodology is the same whether a product has an affiliate link or not.