My son's first light with his Skywatcher Heritage 76 Mini Dob.

[luminova11]

One very happy little boy.

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[oldpink]

start them young
I started teaching my sons the constellations when we were away on fishing trips when they were kids

now they are just as interested in my telescope as I am, (though not at 3am and -3* )

[knobby]

Seriously cute! Glad he liked it, what did he get to see?

[luminova11]

These were taken last Easter and I seem to remember the objects viewed were the Moon, Jupiter, M42, M31 and the Pleiades. Not a bad first night's viewing for a 5 year old (he's just 6 now).

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[knobby]

Still interested? My nipper says things like 'seen that' and 'oh not the moon again' :-)

[luminova11]

Oh yes he's still interested and has been nearly as frustrated with the last 5 months continuous cloud cover as I have. Jupiter is his favourite object, mind you he hasn't seen Saturn through his own 'scope yet.

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[luminova11]

Well Ripley can now ad Saturn and Mars to his list of Solar System objects viewed through the little Heritage. Very impressed with the views using a MaxVision 16mm 68 degree ep with a Skies the Limit 3x Ed Barlow giving 56x. Saturn was well defined and Mars was clearly a red disc. Even though he had seen Saturn through my 200p dob, I will never forget the excitement on his face when he saw it for the first time in his own little 'scope.

[happy-kat]

It is lovely and crisp the views through the 16.