I live in Reading, UK and looking forward to buy for me and my 7 years old son our first telescope.
We are not going to do photography.
I thing about getting StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ and read a lot of reviews already. Looks like the tripod is not great and the supplied eyepieces are not good quality.
I really like the idea of using the application which provides more info about each object and proposes objects for the day. This will make the experience more interactive.
The other feature i really like is that you manually find the objects although I am not sure how easy is this really. I am looking for the emotional reward of pointing the telescope to the object "myself" (helped by the
We've been to an astronomy gathering and looked through an auto aligning 6" newtonion telescope and honestly it was a bit boring - "press a button and look" was feeling too automated somehow.
The surprising fact for me is that my son still wants a telescope after that meeting.
The Dobsonian 8" alternatives are way too bulky.
Sky Watcher Heritage 150-p looks like a great option too, but most suitable for photography. I will definitely have fun upgrading it, but might be a bit boring for my son.
Celestron StarSence DX6 (CST) has a bigger
Any suggestions ?
Cheers!
Emil