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"if his main interest is the moon and planets then you should look at the skywatcher skymax 127.  All the scopes you mentioned are newtonian reflectors which require regular collimation (especially the big ones!) and if you dont want to blind him with science they may not be the way to go as it is a fiddly and confusing operation at first. Saying that though, if he is really into looking at galaxies, nebulas and star clusters then bigger is better so a newtonian reflectopr is the way to go and he will just have to learn to collimate the scope.  The dobsonian mounts are cheaper, simpler and more stable but you have to nudge the scope to keep things in view and sometimes you can lose the object you were looking at and you have to find it all over again. EQ mounts have the advantage of a little control you turn to keep an object in view once you have found it. hope this helps warren \n"
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