Telescope for 11year old

[Skynet5]

anyone recommended a telescope for an 11 year old?

I’ve often wondered about getting one so happy to drop circa £300 on something that will let him look at the night sky..

 

[Skynet5]

Well this is a slippery slope.

Already worked my way up to a Nexstar 6se

 

[Skynet5]

Eyepieces! Everyone talking about scopes but you won’t see anything without eyepieces

Some scopes come with reasonable ones that will be good enough to start (some should be binned to prevent disappointment). There are excellent budget eyepieces available. Been a while since I looked but my BST Starguider ones have been great at £50 a pop (this is on a beginners 6” reflector).

and im at this point now!

Got the 6se, tested it powers on and pointed it at a tree.

My lads birthday is Tuesday. So he will get it then.

But I need:

Dew guard.
Dew ring.
Desiccant cap…And
definitely another eye piece…

The included one is 25mm and I know that we will immediately be wanting a 7-12mm for more magnification next time the moon is clear.

Im looking at the Celestron x-cel range.

 

[Skynet5]

Before getting more familiar with seeing conditions wouldn't recommend much below 10mm focal length eyepieces.
Zoom eyepiece could be usefull to account for variations in seeing.

With focal ratio of f/10 you won't be getting wide Pleiades fitting view, but about any eyepiece will perform well.

If long glasses compatible eye relief isn't needed, these would give wide view per magnification:

Nirvana-ES UWA-82º Ultrawide Eyepieces

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Im learning about eye relief. I wear glasses, but my son thankfully doesn’t need them…yet.

Does that mean glass wearers prefer lens with higher eye relief… 16mm+