This starter set-up comes loaded all the extras you need to get started in backyard stargazing. With the Beginner Bundle, you get:
You'll score massive points when they open this incredible gift. With a large 150mm (6 inch) primary mirror, this reflector telescope is ideal for backyard planet hunting. It's a great introductory telescope if you are serious about learning all about astronomy. With it's "short tube" design, this 6 inch scope packs a built-in corrector lens, that provides a longer focal length -- and that means huge magnifications. So, from your own backyard, you'll see tremendous heart pounding detail when viewing even the moon. With planets you can see the rings of Saturn, the polar caps on Mars and the Moons of Jupiter. In dark skies you can see distant nebulae and galaxies as well.
This telescope comes with 2 high powered Plossl eyepieces with storage containers, and a Barlow 2x lens. With the Barlow, you can achieve up to 280x magnification of distant objects. Your telescope also comes with a dust-free cleaning cloth and a moon filter designed for reducing moon glare and making surface details more clear.
The aluminum tripod is fully adjustable and allows even taller people to observe the stars without having to crouch down in an uncomfortable position. A handy accessory tray on the tripod makes it easy to keep track of extra eyepieces. With the equatorial mounting, the telescope is designed to move in any direction -- making it possible to track the movements of stars as the track across the night sky. Use the declination circle, hour circle and latitude scale in conjunction to quickly locate any celestial body. Thanks to precision worm gears and a substantial counter weight, the telescope can be balanced so that the slightest finger touch turn of the flexi cables will move the telescope in any direction with a smooth, steady motion. Be sure to add an optional single axis or dual axis motor drive to set up your telescope to track stars and planets as the move through the night sky.
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"The AstroQuest 6" Short Tube is great for big magnifications, jaw-dropping views of the Moon, Saturn's Rings, Red Spot & Moons of Jupiter. With our Beginner's Bundle, you get a bunch of extra's you need to get started in amateur astronomy. We'll throw in a laminated lunar features card, a handy planisphere star chart, a copy of Astronomy for Dummies, and Starry Night's Galaxy Explorer CD-ROM." 
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