EliinAfrica

Thanks all for the great suggestions. Here are some clarifications: 1) my daughter has the same attention span of a 6 years old of course but she showed interest in the sky since she was small and plays with a pretend telescope, I also always wanted to have a telescope and never did so I'd like this to become one regular thing to do together 2) I'd like her to learn about the sky and I'd be keener towards a traditional telescope for a series of reasons, once being that she doesn't have a phone and I am not a fan of gadgets, second that I learn to sail the traditional way before learning to use instruments and I understood much more of what is behind, so I think this is applicable to everything 3) light pollution close to none so we are good there 4) I really need something portable as we would move it around and also, I have to ship it from the UK, so the lighter the better 5) I need something sturdy and not over complicated to fix/maintain. Here the issue is the high humidity that kills a lot of electronics and challenges the mechanics too, so I need good quality equipment 6) we would definitely stargaze outdoors, climate is always warm here, so we got some advantages 7) budget is flexible within reason Thanks again everyone!

Thanks for your answer - any specific model in mind? I am open in terms of budget, buying I would need to get in the UK and freight forward - which I have done many times, as far as stuff is properly packed it is not a problem. If you can recommend a specific model (or more) I can have a look online. Thanks a lot for your answer!

Hi, I am looking for starting but decent equipment for my 6 years old. She would use the telescope with me and I would like to enjoy it too Would probably be nice to have something reasonably portable, if theres anything decent on the market. I live in Africa so no support here - I would need to take care of the basic maintenance myself, but the least maintenance is required the better it is... Thanks a lot in advance for your help!

Hi everyone., I just signed up to the forum as I am interested in Astronomy since I was a child but I never owned a telescope. My daughter is almost 6 and is very attracted by the planets and the stars so I wanted to find something for her to start the journey. I hope I can find useful information in here