Some of you might be thinking I've gone off the deep end.  But it actually makes quite a lot of sense. A telescope is actually a lens itself.  Now obviously a high quality camera lens is going to perform better than the average telescope.  But what if your camera lens doesn't have enough reach to get a close-up of a subject? The great thing about telescopes is that you can get some great magnification for a very low cost.  A lot of you might have one lying around that was given to you as a gift like I did.  I won't go into details about different types of telescopes.  I will tell you mine is not considered very high end.  It is a small 80mm Schmidt-Cassegrain.  In the photos below you can see it's of the Towa brand. Don't ask me who they are, I got this as a present as a child.  So how did my 800mm Monster do?