I have a friend (about age 70) who wants to buy a telescope for visual
observing and has asked me for recommendations. I have never been in the
market for small telescopes and don't know what would be best. He can spend
about $1,000. He obviously can't heft around anything too large, but I suspect
he'll lose interest fast with the limited views he could get with small
aperture refractors. I think he needs some aperture and GoTo ability and
certainly clock drive. Orion has this 8" reflector on a GoTo equatorial mount
which would probably give him good enough views to fulfill his desires. I am a
bit concerned about image quality at f 4.9 and have never seen one of these in
action. Any comments from you visual observers?
Paul Knauth
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