http://www.meade.com/promo.d/etx_promo.html
Got one of these for my father. Computer interface, and one of the best online catalog/database systems going. Even the smallest will "wow" someone who is a novice. Simple to setup and operate. Starting at ~$500 to ~$900. Remember that bigger is usally better in a telescope but even the small one will see some great details on the planets (saturn, jupiter) and the auto-drive makes the new telescope fairly easy for the amateur. These are inexpensive enough to give all the kids in the famly one.
from climateprediction.net...
* Operating System: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows NT 4.0
Uh, doesn't this leave most of the/. crowd out?
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http://www.meade.com/promo.d/etx_promo.html Got one of these for my father. Computer interface, and one of the best online catalog/database systems going. Even the smallest will "wow" someone who is a novice. Simple to setup and operate. Starting at ~$500 to ~$900. Remember that bigger is usally better in a telescope but even the small one will see some great details on the planets (saturn, jupiter) and the auto-drive makes the new telescope fairly easy for the amateur. These are inexpensive enough to give all the kids in the famly one.
from climateprediction.net... * Operating System: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows NT 4.0 Uh, doesn't this leave most of the /. crowd out?