[John0z (John)]

Thanks people for your comments.

Yes, what was I thinking - actually the scope I gave them originally was a Tasco tabletop newtonian, also 76mm, but was able to work as either equatorial or alt-az. I have attached a couple of photos.

Also, yes - a small child was involved, I expected that it would be a good opportunity for them to learn together with the scope. They were originally wanting something like this Aldi one, but I thought that my one would be more versatile. Unfortunately I left it set up as equatorial, and they forgot how to convert it. My one has the smaller 0.965" eyepieces, so this Aldi one is better in that respect.

I think I will go ahead to get one today and wrap it up quickly.

-John

P.S. First photo is alt-az, second is equatorial - neat, isn't it.

P.S. Another note, this one was a good grab-n-go scope and even viewed a mercury transit with it at my workplace one day.