Thanks for the links chemisttree. I had seen those before but they are so odd looking. He won't be using it by himself at all, more of something we can do together, but this might work either way.
Hello everyone. Giant astronomy newb here. Some background:
My sons 5th birthday was a few weeks ago and I told my wife I wanted to get him a telescope about a week or so before. I did some research and basically got the "dont buy at a department store" message. My wife however was out...