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my 2 cents worth
I started with an 8" dob and loved it - no steup, plonk it on the ground and go for it.
6 is very young and I agree that attention span will wane with the set up of a goto. I would have thought the 4" orion tabletop etc was really only going to be good for the moon...? But then perhaps the moon is the big draw card for a 6yr old (avoid the full moon - partial moon so much more interesting)
I have a celestron 130SLT it's a good little goto BUT very noisy and quite unsteady seeing in any kind of wind. Only takes 10mins or so to align etc but in that time with a dob you could have had 10mins looking at the moon
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niko
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