// SUBREDDIT_PROFILE
r/telescopes
› The home to all amateur astronomers & telescopes! Feel free to discuss anything astronomical here, from what sort of telescope you should get, stargazing tips and tricks, to how to use that scope of yours that's been sitting around! Astrophotography is permitted as well, but feel free to check out /r/astrophotography for more of that. If you're looking for your first telescope, please read the stickied post and check out the review/buying guide links in the sidebar before posting.
// MEMBERS
269,555
› subscribers
// POSTS_INDEXED
3,092
› analyzed records
// COMMUNITY_AGE
18y
› since 2008-10-18
// STATUS
[ok] active
› feed indexed
// QUICK_ACTIONS
// Recent posts in r/telescopes
[ latest we indexed · by upvotes ]- 01 Amazing Jupiter and Moon conjunction. ↑ 1,163 · 2026-10-06
- 02 Scope and eyepiece collection so far ↑ 25 · 2026-11-07
- 03 Saturn ↑ 11 · 2026-11-07
- 04 Trying to find my boyfriend a telescope for seeing planets under 50$! ↑ 6 · 2026-11-07
- 05 What does it take to photograph objects in space? ↑ 2 · 2026-11-07
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// FAQ [ 3 entries ]
01 › What is r/telescopes about? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
r/telescopes is a Reddit community with 269,555 members. The home to all amateur astronomers & telescopes! Feel free to discuss anything astronomical here, from what sort of telescope you should get, stargazing tips and tricks, to how to use that scope of yours that's been sitting around! Astrophotography is permitted as well, but feel free to check out /r/astrophotography for more of that.
If you're looking for your first telescope, please read the stickied post and check out the review/buying guide links in the sidebar before posting.
02 › How active is r/telescopes? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
r/telescopes has 269,555 subscribers and 3,092 posts in our index. It was created on 2008-10-18, 18 years ago.
03 › Which subreddits are similar to r/telescopes? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
Other Education & Science communities of a similar size include r/indian_academia (280,511 members), r/sharks (280,168 members), r/lawschooladmissions (278,023 members), r/jee (272,569 members). Each is listed with its own subscriber and post counts in the related communities section above.