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Originally Posted by PeterM
Peter is so very correct in saying let their first view be something they will long remember, as he says Jupiter or the Moon.
People knock many of these small department store telescopes yet many of us started with them. I am not defending them just saying we got a start somewhere and its the encouragement behind it from parents etc that can make the difference.
My first Tasco 66T gave me a view of the Moon and Saturn that obviously had a long lasting effect, now I like to find stars that blow up.
The best telescope you will ever own is one that you use.
Peter
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I agree Peter. I started, at the age of 10, with a crappy 60mm, on the worst mount possible, and, although I lost interest in quickly, the first time I saw Saturn and the Moon through it, I was enthralled and was interested in astronomy from that point on. Although I lost interest in the scope, two years later, I was taken up to the Perth Observatory, by the then Director, Dr Ivan Nikoloff, After that night I was hooked for life.
