text: opinion of db-125 galileo dobsonian 100x135mm telescope? my 12 year old son has asked for a telescope for christmas.  i'm happy to support his interest in science / astrology.  i know he's a beginner but i'd rather spend $200 on something that will be worthwhile, than $100 on a piece of junk that he can't see anything with and is only frustrating to him.  i saw what seems to be a nice telescope at a bj's warehouse.  it's a galileo with a sturdy cherry dobsonian base.  click on this link to see what it looks like, only it's a db-125 and it's $200.  http://www.galileosplace.com/telescopes/reflector_telescopes/db-135.html  specs on the box say:    1100 x 135mm telescope 1.25 10mm & 25mm eyepieces electronic finderscope cherrywood base   i am attracted to the sturdy base which is not a flimsy tripod like they usually are.  however, i'm concerned that it might be too heavy...  and i'm not sure anyway, how one uses a telescope....  do you carry it outside everytime?  what if u have trees?  any advice for me?  thanks the quality sounds questionable. in my opinion you should get an orion xt6 or an orion short tube 80 with the eq-1 equatorial mount