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Originally Posted by gduke2010

Thanks Eric and Flatbutt. Looked at some telescopes on line and can buy a higher quality telescope for not much more money. So, I'm not buying the one on Craigslist. The video was very helpful and seems like a reflector telescope might be the best entry level scope.

I live in a great location to look at the sky in the Carson Valley, near the desert and mountains. would like to see the Orion Nebula.

thanks,
Gary

On a really dark night, you should be able to see the Orion nebula without a telescope. With binoculars or a telescope it will be even better. It's still not remotely going to look like any of the images that anyone posts online because while the human eye has some amazing capabilities, the eye can't take a "long exposure" like you can do with a camera.

In addition to the inexpensive telescope that you posted, you can also get a comfortable chair and a pair of binoculars and see amazing stuff.