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If you live in a city or area affected by light pollution, you can still enjoy the stars with a quality telescope. A lot of people ask what the best telescopes are for overcoming the light pollution of an area. Really, there isn’t any one best telescope for light pollution. Rather, you should pick telescopes based on the same features as if you are viewing somewhere without light pollution. These features include your budget, refractor/reflector, magnification, and so forth. You also want to make sure that the telescopes are going to meet your lifestyle needs. For example, if you live in a very small apartment or will be lugging the telescopes up 6 flights of stairs to view on the top of your building, then you will need a small model.

In general, larger apertures on telescopes will take in more light. This applies both to the light of the stars and also to light pollution. That means you get to see more objects in the sky but they will not be in as good of a resolution. People living in areas of very heavy light pollution could benefit from computerized telescopes. The computer system will help you locate the celestial bodies because a standard star chart can be difficult to use when the sky can’t be seen clearly through the pollution.