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"Given your three choices Angie, the Explorer 200p on an EQ5 gets my vote. It has a large aperture, good optics and a sturdy equatorial mount. It is also something he can grow into rather than out of.  The Skymax 127 BazMark recommends would give more contrast, be more comfortable at higher magnifications and is more compact. It also tends to excel at the lunar and planetary targets that most beginners favour and has motorised tracking to boot. It would be a good choice.  But, I think the Explorer 200p is the better all-rounder (though strictly speaking no telescope is general-purpose).  There was nothing 'dead horse' about that suggestion. A little off-topic perhaps but worth a mention nonetheless \n"
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