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(More customer reviews)Just got this as a Christmas gift for my kids (ages 7 and 9) as their first telescope. I brought it out last night to take it for a test spin. I didn't use the included eyepieces -- I used a 25mm Plossl, a 9.7mm Plossl, a Celestron zoom and a Zhumell 3mm planetary eyepiece, as well as the regular Orion shorty 2X barlow. When I first took it out of the box, I checked the collimation with a collimating eyepiece. The collimation was good, right out of the box. Then, without even attaching the finderscope, I was able to focus in on Jupiter and see the four Gallilean moons (the moons were seen clearly with just the 25mm and 2x barlow -- but the view was even better at higher magnifications--with the bands of Jupiter discernable at the highest magnifications). I was also able to frame the Pleiades nicely with the 25mm. The view was bright and clear. This was just about all I could do for a short test run, but I am very pleased with this product. It appears to be a wonderful first telescope for young astronomers -- portable and very easy to use. At a minimum, I recommend getting either a 2X barlow or a good quality 4-5mm eyepiece with a wide field of view along with this scope to allow for closer views of the planets and the Moon.
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Orion SkyScanner 100mm TableTop Reflector Telescope
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