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60mm refractor.....
Hi Hermas - I'm afraid I personally couldn't endorse this 60mm refractor: it may have some bells and whistles in the mount but 60mm is really supermarket size stuff. You could surely, where you live, get a much better scope secondhand for not much more. Refractors under 4" (100mm) are not ,imho, worth considering, as are reflectors under 5"-6" (125mm-150mm.)
A good manual EQ mount on a stable tripod with anything of the above (or more) aperture would be far more useful and entrancing/encouraging than a tiny scope on a (slightly) swish mount - secondhand units that are able to be demonstrated as in good condition would be a far better proposition and scarcely much more in cost!
Any telescope (in this case the quoted Bausch and Lomb) that identifies itself by magnification/"power" is instantly suss to say the least - they should describe the type of scope, eg newtonian reflector, refractor etc, and the aperture (mains mirror/lens diameter) as well as the focal length and the types and focal lengths of the eyepieces at least. I say leave this one well alone.....
These are my personal opinions but I think they are a good generalisation.
Regards, Darryl.
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