To my brother, and I labelled it "Indian Christmas" since he can only keep it for a few months. A fantastic telescope.
Celestron C8 SGT XLT
Then I thought...how politically incorrect. Those poor Indians. Indeed. When you are robbed and then you have some "life saving" gifts granted back to you with conditions...indeed....there can be nothing worse. The Indians, the Hawaiians. They are screwed as a people, screwed because they are accepting these "gifts" as their "birth-right".
Better to know that a gift is only temporary, and not your "right". Living on the Dole is terrible, it destroys your life spirit, a slave to gifts.
Viewing the heavens is an important way to realize there is something bigger than ourselves. Try it, I have to wait a few months, since I Indian'd away my own Christmas present.
Wow, I ought to stick to ranting about Wall Street!
Here is a Video that shows some close by astronomy items viewed with my scope.