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My first scope was what the majority of forum users here would consider a 'toy', yet the Meade ETX90EC with it's puny 3.5" of central obstruction blocked aperture showed me around 40 deep sky objects in about 2 hours one night when I clicked on it's "tour" function. Any telescope that introduces newbies to astronomy without frustrating the user with confusing aspects such as collimation & navigation to objects gets a thumbs up from me.
By the time you add large aperture to the fucntionality provided by this sort of package you are really moving beyond the novice and aiming the product at an intermediate astronomer, which misses the point entirely. Most people only want to get their feet wet in astronomy on a small budget after all.
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