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Several years ago I accidentally re-discovered the Gallileian moons of Jupiter with my son’s $25 plastic telescope from Lakeshore Learning. We have a nicer one now and it’s amazing what you can see. Jupiter is the big one making the diffraction spike. IO, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto are all nearly consumed by the spike but clearly visible even when I put my phone up to the viewfinder. It looks AMAZING in person. My point is you don’t need fancy stuff to enjoy astronomy.