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My kids and I made a trip down to Stephen C Foster state park this past Saturday night to see their astronomy presentation. It was fantastic. We were the first to arrive and we got about an hours worth of private instruction in before about a hundred tour groups showed up. My two boys learned all the in’s. And outs of operating an 8 and 10 dobsonian so when the newbies showed up they were the ones who had to get the scopes pointed to Jupiter and some of the other sights. They loved it. I figure that they learner more during that few hours just by hands on. I also set up my little Edmund scientific astroscan and man let me tell you. I was doing a fire sale business. Heck, a lot of those kids received their astronomy badges by looking through my little scope. I think they may also owe me a commission as I probably sold at least four or five for them. A lot of them said that my scope was the neatest thing they had ever seen. I just think it looks like a flower pot. To make a long story short, I was smitten with a 10 dobsonian that the park provided for our use. Do you think you could recommend a good dobsonian? Thanks.