Meade is one of the worlds largest telescope manufacturers, and it offers a large range of telescopes that are designed for beginners and intermediate astronomy enthusiasts. The company's Telestar, EQ, and AZ series of telescopes are specifically geared towards hobbyists. The Telestar scopes are refractor telescopes that come in manual, computer assisted, and GOTO models. The EQ telescopes are all fully manual, and come in both reflector and refractor models. The AZ telescopes are all manual refractors that come in a variety of lengths. Each of these models offers beginners quality optics with in varying sizes and degrees of automation.