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Celestron Firstscope

piaget · 2009-10-08 20:28:03

Looking to buy a Celestron Firstscope for my 9 year old daughter for Xmas and these seem to get good reviews. I think she just wants to look at the Moon and Jupiter/Saturn and some stars. Complete novice here so all help and comments would be appreciated. Do'nt really want to spend more that 100-130 euros as she wants…

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08-10-2009 9:28pm

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piaget

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Looking to buy a Celestron Firstscope for my 9 year old daughter for Xmas and these seem to get good reviews. I think she just wants to look at the Moon and Jupiter/Saturn and some stars. Complete novice here so all help and comments would be appreciated. Do'nt really want to spend more that 100-130 euros as she wants binoculars as well.

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#2 13-10-2009 12:16pm
Moto Moto

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I haven't used this scope but it gets a good review in this months edition of Sky and Telescope; it says the image quality is good for the price, the mount is solid and set-up time is minimal. Hope this helps.

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