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Originally Posted by photon
Great link dissentowner.
Nothing kills a kid's enthusiasm faster than high expectations combined with the terrible quality of most retail telescopes.
You could even start out with a good pair of binoculars combined with a tripod.
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That is what I started with at 10 years old, a god pair of binocs. Your dead on about the the high expectations Photon but hopefully he sticks with it because it is a great hobby! Telescopes get really expensive very fast once you start getting a bit bigger. My current scope is the Meade ETX-125, very portable and lots of power for it's size but it will set you back about $1000.
http://www.escience.ca/telescopes/RE...075/11867.html