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Originally Posted by madbadgalaxyman
Personally, I think 6 may be a little too young to learn to handle a telescope.
When I was ten, I got my first telescope, one of those notorious badly mounted and optically poor Tasco 50-60mm refractors, instruments which have put millions of people off astronomy for life. It is a wonder that I did persist with it.
About two years later, I got a Unitron 3inch F15 refractor, which was a serious well-mounted instrument with decent optics.
It was not fiddly, as are some reflectors, and it could be set up in a minute or two. I think these are essential attributes of any childrens telescope.
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Yes, 6 young, but she is keen and what is equally important, so is her dad, so don't want to put either off. You are correct in the cheapies doing that. What is needed is something small enough not be encombanat, with the old adage, the best scope is the one you use most, but big enough not to disappoint but wilthin a reasonable budget so money is not wasted on poor quality or on an instrument that at the end of the day remains unsused through declining interest.
Eddie