I tried to get my kids (both girls, so maybe that explains it) into just the occassional stargazing, but I think that they were disappointed when they looked through even some larger scopes and saturn was still about the size of a dime at the most. I think that they wanted it to look like they were orbiting the planet and it filled the eye piece.
The unfortunate byproduct of astronomy posters and sci-fi tv. Most people just don't get the wonder of seeing rings 800 million miles away just by using a mirror. "I can see it better than that on the internet in the comfort of my own home!" Of course these people also like Bose...
By the way, I have a 6" Newt and 8" computerized Schmidt-Cassegrain.
