I have a Skywatcher refractor telescope and can recommend them.<p>Refractors give a nice contrasty image for planets in our solar system.<p>I would say they are probably something like 1/5th the cost you usually need to spend for the same image quality.<p><a href="http://skywatcher.com/category/telescopes/" rel="nofollow">http://skywatcher.com/category/telescopes/</a>