"Well this was my first telescope purchase and use. Upon receiving the package I immediately tackled the assembly. The manual, as many other people have said, appears to be for an earlier model of this telescope. However, I didn't even receive a manual in the package I had to use the one supplied by this website. That was a downer but I have never used a telescope before and I got it figured out so it really wasn't too much of a big deal. I got it collimated within 5-10 minutes, the laser collimation was really nice. The dual Crayford focuser works really nice when the telescope is starigh up and down(perpendicular to the ground) but upon tipping it to aim at the moon i had to do it by hand. Not a big deal but a little annoying. Within 20-30 minutes of initial viewing I had an absolutley amazing image of the moon. The 9mm Plossl was great for this. The 30mm was nice too, a much broader view of the whole thing. I also got a beautiful crystal clear image of Jupiter with the 9mm. FIRST TIME USER!!! Overall I would highly recommend this telescope. It's great for beginners like myself. If you can get past the pain of the setup(which was so worth it by the way) this is a great value. It looks great too."

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