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"I would say the Skyliner 150P or maybe 200P? Dob, as said before simple to use and better value for money and well in your budget, but a few things you should ask yourself is, can you observe from your garden? or will you have to travel to a dark site? weight and size comes into play then.  Is he into photography (steady..) if so he might want to take photos of planets etc, in which case a Dob mount is not the best for that, but i would stay clear of that for a while...minefield springs to mind.... Also does he know his way around the night sky? if not or not that well then maybe you should look at a \"GOTO\", this type of scope (which the ones you have in mind also come with) will find most things in the night sky, so looking for certain planets, stars etc will be done for you. \n"
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