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You can see individual craters on the surface and it was this telescope that helped me pass my GCSE in astronomy.The only downside that I could think of is that it doesnt zoom in much. It cant go much larger than the moon, really. But this is a very good telescope. It can show you some details of planets -Jupiters bands are visible if you have good eyes to spot them.......
My first telescope was a, if i remember right, a 'Celestron nexstar 4se'. It is powerful enough to see the moons of most planets that have moons, but not very good with nebulae and that. The Orion nebulae has a trapezium inside it, but I could only just make it out.

The Celestron 4se is easy to use, as it has a 'Go-To' function - meaning all you have to do is program what object you want to see, and its meant to go to it. It was the cheapest good telescope I could find, as it was about £450. The moon through this telescope is a very good image to see. You can see individual craters on the surface and it was this telescope that helped me pass my GCSE in astronomy.

The only downside that I could think of is that it doesn't zoom in much. It can't go much larger than the moon, really. But this is a very good telescope. It can show you some details of planets - Jupiter's band's are visible if you have good eyes to spot them.

Oh, and this telescope is very easy to move round on your own. It does seem heavy at first, but you get stronger the more you try to lift it. Normally, my dad would have got it outside. But It didn't take long before I did it myself.

This telescope is, what I like to call, A starter scope. Meaning, when I got this, I refunded it after a year and got another. Normally, the 2nd scope would have cost about £800, but the refund made it £400. I could then refund my current scope soon for another, but its good enough already. You may have less time then me to refund, maybe more. But you can sell it anyway - maybe for more then how much you got it, just don't go too nuts with cash.

I hope this is enough for you, so goodbye and vote as best answer :D

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I really like this telescope, personally - I own one.

(1 & 6) Yes - about as easy to use as a telescope can get - very user friendly.

(2)You *do* have to get used to the images in the eyepiece being upside-down/backwards - but that's a given with almost any astronomy telescope. The dobsonian mount does not lend itself to being motorized - but this is also mostly a long-term advantage - as you will get more familiar with the night sky by pushing the telescope to view the locations and sights you want to see.
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