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Christmas gift guide

Best for observers

Meade Infinity 76

Cost: £129.99 (~€149.99/$165.00) From: currys.co.uk

Introduce your loved ones to the wonders of the night sky with the Meade Infinity 76 – the straight-from-the-box, no-nonsense telescope designed to get astronomers of every age and ability stargazing in minutes. Budding astrophotographer? Perfect! Exclusively included with the Infinity 76 is Meade’s universal smartphone mount to snap and share all those stunning celestial views! Smooth tracking controls and a nifty red-dot finderscope help provide a limitless supply

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