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Hi, Thanks for all the great advice. We ended up buying these (attached image) with advice from FLO. I discussed with my son and he is very very much more interested in the optics than in the stars or planets that he might see. I can sympathise with that view, because I am a semi-professional photographer, and occasional micrscope designer/builder. So we bought an interesting looking telescope that is within budget, and the bits that might possibly attach it to my camera (with advice from the FLO people.) Thanks! Jennifer

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Hi, I wondered if I could ask what you think would be a good telescope for my 12 year old son? He loves reading about science in great depth and likes to know stuff. He saw telescopes in the science museum last week and thought they looked amazing. I think he would mostly want to look at the moon and planets and the stars. He might possibly be more interested in the telescope than the stars. It's for his birthday in May so we have a bit of time to think about it. We live in a city in the UK (south east, very dry, often cloudless) and we have a garden that is about 10m by 28m. We would not be going any distance to get to unlit places, so would have to stick to what we have in the garden. We have a canon 5d MkII DSLR which could be used if there was a telescope with an adapter available. We would be happy to buy used off ebay, or new, and out budget would be under £100. Thanks so much for your help. Jennifer