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Ed, if it comes to a choice between those scopes, consider the following :
* the EPs won't be flash. I'm sure they won't be plossls. You will need to check. Reason being for 80mm refractor, chromatic aberration will be strong if the EPs can't handle the scope's light cone. Nothing worse than a crappy image when looking at the Moon and planets.
* Slow motion controls look nice but for a kid, they are more of a hindrance. They will get used to nudging the scope very quickly.
I'd look at the 70mm refractor for a kid. It give cleaner views with cheap EPs, and can be easily improved with better ones that won't give too much issues with chromatic aberration like a faster scope will.
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