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How old are the kids ? this will be important .
Are you buying it for them , or is it really for you and the kids are the excuse ? This will also be an important factor.
Pointless spending several hundred dollars on a telescope for a kid who will use it once or twice (say oo!!! and ah!!! , and then loose interest) and then it will become a piece bedroom furniture and collect dust.
If the kids are young - under 12 years old start off with a basic pair of binos or an 80mm refractor or maybe a 4.5-6" newtonian. GoTo is not necessary , nor is GPS. But a basic star atlus will be handy for them to learn their way about the sky.
Last edited by Ian Robinson; 14-10-2008 at 12:02 PM.
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