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Re: (meteorobs) Beginner telescope recommendation?
You may want to consider the Edmund Astroscan. It's small, easily carried
and has a unique "mounting" which is much more reliable than the usual shaky
tripod. Actually it may even be a bit more scope than you want to purchase
for an 8 year old but I do think it would make a great father/son scope as
opposed to any of the department store "scopes" out there. Hope this helps.
Jeff W.
----- Original Message -----
From: <kahuna2@fastdot net>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 2:52 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Beginner telescope recommendation?
> My apologies if this is off topic. (If so, please reply off list.)
>
> I imagine there's a bunch of people with telescopes on this list. To date,
> I've gotten by with eyeballs and binoculars. Unfortunately, that leaves my
> telescope knowledge lacking.
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations on a starter scope for an 8 year-old?
> Brands, price ranges, feature sets to look for, etc? Any help is
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks -
> Gene
>
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