I was in the same shoes, except it was for me. I chose the one below.. It's fairly cheap so if he doesn't enjoy it but not cheaply built. It's a AstroMaster 114 EQ. It's got a 114mm mirror (4.5"). The moon is awesome through it. You can't really see Mars, but Saturn is an amazing. I can't wait until Jupiter comes back around (I'm not getting up at 4:30 to see it)..
http://www.telescopes.com/telescopes/reflecting-telescopes/celestronastromaster114eqreflector.cfm (it's a cfm page, w00t!) Things to consider.. the finder scope SUCKS.. buy a better one. I couldn't get it to work at all. I read the reviews so I already had one but I wanted to see if maybe it was just theirs. Also, it comes with a 20mm lens and a 10mm one, those are nice but if he likes it.. get a lens set from Amazon (~$99). I bought this too and really like the quality lens and filters. I did my research and this is a great telescope. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While we're on the subject, can anyone recommend a good beginner > telescope for my kid? He's got an interest, and I'd like to encourage > it. But, I know nada about this stuff. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255399 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
