Telescope for Christmas gift
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:47 pm
Hi all
Looking for some advice on a Christmas gift for our 11 year old daughter. She loves science and has long wanted a telescope to view the night sky. We can spend around $500. No need for picture taking or anything fancy. Needs to be easy to use and portable enough to take to cabin or camping where sky is very dark. We live outside the city so would also use at home since not so many lights.
Ease of use is important as she will be setting up and primary user. She is very good at figuring mechanical things out so I am sure she could do this with a little help from us. I have been reading up on telescopes but there is so much out there that it is challenging to land on something. Do we need a “go to “ scope? Seems like this takes out some of the challenge and fun.
Any help would be appreciated so I can get something ordered in time for Christmas. Thanks so much.
Looking for some advice on a Christmas gift for our 11 year old daughter. She loves science and has long wanted a telescope to view the night sky. We can spend around $500. No need for picture taking or anything fancy. Needs to be easy to use and portable enough to take to cabin or camping where sky is very dark. We live outside the city so would also use at home since not so many lights.
Ease of use is important as she will be setting up and primary user. She is very good at figuring mechanical things out so I am sure she could do this with a little help from us. I have been reading up on telescopes but there is so much out there that it is challenging to land on something. Do we need a “go to “ scope? Seems like this takes out some of the challenge and fun.
Any help would be appreciated so I can get something ordered in time for Christmas. Thanks so much.