Telescope for children

Someone asked about the Skywatcher Infinity here a few weeks back. Long
enough ago that it's disappeared from my news spool. Reports indicate that
smallish children (4 & 6) can use it pretty well, hand held (with the neck
strap) or on its table mount. I don't know yet what problems it has or how
well it might work for viewing generally, but I gather it's pretty good for
viewing the moon.

One slight point, we gave it as a Christmas present to some good friends.
The packaging doesn't have the word "telescope" on it anywhere and the
eyepieces are well hidden inside, so apparently it took the "grown ups" some
time to work out what it actually was :-) The evening we planned for joint
families viewing, the inevitable happened of course: 3 evenings of fair
clarity beforehand then thick cloud until bedtime. So I don't yet have
first-hand experience of using it.

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Mark
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>So I don't yet have
>first-hand experience of using it.

Please post your opinion when you do. Warehouse Express have thse in on
special at the moment for £25 thought it might make a nice birthday present
for my nephew.

Damian

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Damian Burrin
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EARS 1115
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"Mark Ayliffe" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Someone asked about the Skywatcher Infinity here a few weeks back. Long
> enough ago that it's disappeared from my news spool. Reports indicate that
> smallish children (4 & 6) can use it pretty well, hand held (with the neck
> strap) or on its table mount. I don't know yet what problems it has or how
> well it might work for viewing generally, but I gather it's pretty good
> for
> viewing the moon.
>
> One slight point, we gave it as a Christmas present to some good friends.
> The packaging doesn't have the word "telescope" on it anywhere and the
> eyepieces are well hidden inside, so apparently it took the "grown ups"
> some
> time to work out what it actually was :-) The evening we planned for joint
> families viewing, the inevitable happened of course: 3 evenings of fair
> clarity beforehand then thick cloud until bedtime. So I don't yet have
> first-hand experience of using it.
>
> --
> Mark
> Real email address |
> is mark at | Why don't sheep shrink when it
> rains?
> ayliffe dot org |

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Mark Ayliffe	Telescope for children Someone asked about the Skywatcher Infinity here a few weeks back. Long enough ago that it's disappeared from my news spool. Reports indicate that smallish children (4 & 6) can use it pretty well, hand held (with the neck strap) or on its table mount. I don't know yet what problems it has or how well it might work for viewing generally, but I gather it's pretty good for viewing the moon. One slight point, we gave it as a Christmas present to some good friends. The packaging doesn't have the word "telescope" on it anywhere and the eyepieces are well hidden inside, so apparently it took the "grown ups" some time to work out what it actually was :-) The evening we planned for joint families viewing, the inevitable happened of course: 3 evenings of fair clarity beforehand then thick cloud until bedtime. So I don't yet have first-hand experience of using it. -- Mark Real email address \| is mark at \| Why don't sheep shrink when it rains? ayliffe dot org \|

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Damian Burrin	Re: Telescope for children >So I don't yet have >first-hand experience of using it. Please post your opinion when you do. Warehouse Express have thse in on special at the moment for £25 thought it might make a nice birthday present for my nephew. Damian -- Damian Burrin UKRA 1159 Level 2 RSO EARS 1115 http://www.ukrocketry.com http://www.larf-rocketry.co.uk email burrin@ntlworld.com email damian@ukrocketry.com email damian@larf-rocketry.co.uk "Mark Ayliffe" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:n5qka2-a16.ln1@news.ntlworld.com... > Someone asked about the Skywatcher Infinity here a few weeks back. Long > enough ago that it's disappeared from my news spool. Reports indicate that > smallish children (4 & 6) can use it pretty well, hand held (with the neck > strap) or on its table mount. I don't know yet what problems it has or how > well it might work for viewing generally, but I gather it's pretty good > for > viewing the moon. > > One slight point, we gave it as a Christmas present to some good friends. > The packaging doesn't have the word "telescope" on it anywhere and the > eyepieces are well hidden inside, so apparently it took the "grown ups" > some > time to work out what it actually was :-) The evening we planned for joint > families viewing, the inevitable happened of course: 3 evenings of fair > clarity beforehand then thick cloud until bedtime. So I don't yet have > first-hand experience of using it. > > -- > Mark > Real email address \| > is mark at \| Why don't sheep shrink when it > rains? > ayliffe dot org \|