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Telescopes for child

mr.grumble · 2018-11-11 21:49:25

i'm looking for a telescope for a 7 year old.I'm hoping to get something that we can learn on together and not out grow too soon if he keeps an interest in it. Would a budget of around €100 be realistic?

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#32 19-12-2018 2:57pm
Cianos

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Unfortunately when I went to order the Heritage 130p it was out of stock, so I looked around I'm now looking at getting the Celestron 114AZ, for me it seems to be a good balance between a few things;

Not as powerful as the 130 but not far off at 114, and certainly a lot better than the 76mm options.

Has a tripod (I was worried about using a table mounted setup if we wanted to use it out on a walk or whatever else)

Is easy to set up and use straight away, no EQ mount etc (it's important for me that my daughter would feel comfortable enough to use it herself)

I've reserved one so I'll probably go ahead and get it, but I'm wondering is there any reason not to get it? Does my reasoning above make sense?

Thanks very much for all the help

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