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1 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for VIEWING
Meade ETX-90PE (325 x 90mm) Telescope
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$550.00 Est. at Amazon
  1. from www.buydig.com
    4.0 Stars we are beginners and its pretty easy to use.
  2. from www.hsn.com
    4.0 Stars i have seen other globular clusters and stars.
  3. from www.hsn.com
    5.0 Stars the auto star makes it a breeze for beginners; just align the scope and bam" that is it!
  4. from jkzimm, www.shopping.com
    4.0 Stars pros: excellent optics, easy to use, very portable, good computer pointing.
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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth
2 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for VIEWING
Celestron NexStar 102 SLT (200 x 102mm) Telescope
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  1. from www.telescopes.com
    5.0 Stars very sturdy easy to put together and just as easy to use.
  2. from www.telescopes.com
    4.0 Stars the library of stars, planets, etc is astonomial, but at the same time rather difficult to use and try to get the scope aligned.
  3. from www.telescopes.com
    2.0 Stars you can see the moon, wow.
  4. from www.telescopes.com
    1.0 Star i have been into astronomy for about 5 years.
  5. from www.telescopes.com
    5.0 Stars he is like a kid with a new toy, and he's still enjoying the moon, stars and the planets.
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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Refractor, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth
3 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for VIEWING
Celestron Celestron NexStar 8 SE 8" (203mm) Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope Kit
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$1,199.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.adorama.com
    5.0 Stars celestron scopes are worth the money and time to learn them.david, smca pros: accurate, good value best uses: astronomy describe yourself: casual/recreational
  2. from www.adorama.com
    5.0 Stars very good and easy to use!
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars saw jupiter with the four moons and it was spectacular.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars due to florida's terrible rainy days lately it was mostly cloudy yet i was able to see mars, saturn's rings, jupiter's moon and clouds, even behind a tinted glass!
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i love astronomy and have to say this was my first real purchase of a telescope.
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Positives: Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth
4 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for VIEWING
Meade LightBridge 12 in. Deluxe (600 x 304.8mm) Telescope
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$900.00 Est. at Amazon
  1. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars as someone with a renewed interest in astronomy, i wanted a telescope with good light gathering power (better than what i had as a child, both a 50mm refractor and a 6 inch reflector).
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars but this was always a premium feature, unavailable to observers on a tight budget, unless they built their own.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars the reflex sight makes finding objects quick work, even fairly dim object such as the andromeda galaxy.
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Positives: Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth
5 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for VIEWING
Celestron Nextstar 4 SE 4.0"/102 mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope Kit
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$505.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars one of the easiest ways to align it to the night sky is using a the solar system align.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars first, it is very easy to use.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i'm not an astronomy major, neither an expert in optics.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars sky align worked well, though sometimes the scope seemed to become less accurate as the hours went buy, and i tried to re-align to different stars but eventually i encountered the same alignment
  5. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars found this easy to use.
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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth
 
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