Review on Explore The Night Skies With The Orion SkyQuest XT8 Classic Dobsonian Telescope by Deep Echemendia

I can tell you this telescope is great. assembly was easy and parts were prefabbed to excellent quality standards. the finder works okay but I would like a 90 degree viewer finder so I dont have to bend down and stick my head to the scope. Know that you are not done spending money! Look up eyepiece prices they are ASTRONOMICAL! I bought used and new ones on eBay for a reasonable prices $25-$50 each for cheapest ones you will at least want to buy a 15 mm and a 40 mm and a 2x Barlow eyepiece. 1.25' sizes are cheapest . you can buy individual 2' pieces from the Celestron eyepiece kit that is sold on amazon for $270 for $45 a piece separately if you can find them on eBay that's like the cheapest for 2" if you want to go that route . Filters are $15 a piece and up. So do your research on eyepieces. you may be better off buying a kit than separate pieces sometimes.No camera pictures from this look as clear as the objects seen with your eye in the eyepiece by the way. But it seems like a great beginner scope. One thing tho NO EYEPIECE HOLDER! it has holes for it but doesn't come with it. Why not!I have a 3d printer so can make one that is on thing averse ( look up Orion eyepiece holder).30 minute build time. comes with all tools. Use your own Allen wrenches because theirs strip.