What is a decent telescope to view most of the planets with detail?

[Tom A]

There are hundreds of them. Price for a decent one ranges from $500 to $10,000 or more.

It depends on how much detail you want to see. In most amateur scopes, even high-end ones, the planets look like small discs. Under high power, they look like less-small discs. You can see some detail on Mars, bands on Jupiter, and divisions in Saturn's rings, but you need very sturdy mounts and accurate tracking to look long enough.

When I read questions worded like this, I give similar answers, because novices tend to have inflated ideas of what telescopes can show on planets.

Find a local astronomical club. Go to one of their nights out. You can look through different sized scopes, different types of scopes, and most importantly, GET REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT YOU CAN SEE.

It may take some time, but this is a purchase you don't want to rush. Do that before anything else.

If you can't find a club (which you should try hard to do, because you can only look through scopes at night), then go to a good scope shop. Not a section in a department store, and not a camera shop that sells scopes.

[Nutdo1]

Tell me price too,just basically I can see all the planets up to Saturn very well.Uranus and Neptune all I need is to see it