Best Altazimuth Telescopes for Beginner

rb-60 because of the good price and especially because there were great product reviews.the product is very impressive for a beginning "star gazer" and our grandson is having such fun with his gift.

i purchased this low end telescope, not for star gazing, but as a spotting scope.

the two lens that comes with it (one for sight seeing, and one space observations ) works really well.

it really shows great detail of the moon too!

great telescope, detail in orion nebula/moon/moons of jupiter it vibrates as you focus but that is okaygoto is very easy, just make sure that your tripod is level pros: accurate, goto is very

the double axis tracking allows me to see the rings of saturn from the living room by aligning on a planet: the degradation of the image through the plate glass windows (but hey it way below zero

strictly used to stargaze, haven't used it much and the initial set up required numerous orientations.

the clarity it provides in viewing space is tremendous.

i have seen other globular clusters and stars.

the auto star makes it a breeze for beginners; just align the scope and bam" that is it!

pros: excellent optics, easy to use, very portable, good computer pointing.

he absolutely loves it and we have spent every night since exploring the stars and moon.

it certainly struck me as a serious, well-made scope when we took it out of the box.

it has a very sturdy base and easy to use.

it's compact and light enough to transport easily, it has great optics and a very macho tripod and starfinder with a bright reticle which nailed venus in 1 easy try right out of the box.