Hi all I've just been given a Meade4504 telescope but it has quite a lot of bits missing. It hasn't got either motor drives - no starfinder and only the 25mm ...
Hey Steve Just grab you a couple of hand paddles from Bill at Telescope warehouse and a couple of inexpensive 1 1/4" plossel lenses too. Only cost you a few...
I just went to the Meade site and looked at replacement parts page. They have a DS motor assembly #1009 for $15.00. Don't know it this is just an old page or...
I bought a very nice Parabolic 4.5 fl-1000 mirror a few months ago from an Ebay store called chapmansltplus. I just checked and he no longer has them on his...
Scottg Thanks for your reply. I have already been in contact with Bill at the Telescope warehouse and have purchased a set of original sized lenses + Barlows...
... Yeah, the Starfinder is a GEM version of the Autostar 494. Call it a controller, handbox, hand paddle, all the same thing. I have a Starfinder if you can...
The problem with the mirror is I stored it in my basement underneath a leaky bathtub. The primary is all spotted. Hoping to find a new one at a reasonable...
... underneath ... I assume attempts at gentle cleaning have failed. Used to be a seller of 4.5s on ebay but they don't seem to list them anymore. I came ...
Thanks George, I think you are right it would cost more than $33 to have mine recoated. I have one question well actually two questions. This is a spherical...
... Most inexpensive 4.25" newtonians these days are really spherical. But Sky & Telescope had an article on "pulling" the spherical into parabolic with a...
... I use a fellow in Boston who is pretty reasonable, but not that reasonable! Spherical abberation is not really problem on long focal length/small aperature...
Fellow Astronomers, The Chicago Astronomers had the grand opportunity to observe the conjunction of Saturn, Venus and the Moon on the 19th of June. As a added...
Hi, I just picked up the 114EQ-DH4 for Father's Day from a garage sale, and found this group while looking for information. I had a few problems at first with...
Maybe you should bid more. If you lose the bid every time you must not think it is worth as much as someone else does. Certainly you must recognize that if...
... Given that you have a GEM mount (vs an ETX's Alt/Az), it should work. (i.e. not screw up). Try it and report... (then we'll all learn ;-) have fun --dick...
Hi -- bought this at Costco of all places and was requesting some input on buying a 12V power supply ( and appropriate connector ) for the Autostar drive. I...
Vikas, You can't "overamp" something with a battery. The autostar and the motors will only pull the amperage they need and no more. In a short circuit they...
... As Jerry posted, what matters in this case is the voltage, not the amperage. Think of it as a water glass... just because the glass is full doesn't mean...
Please come join us this Thursday at 7pm for a training seminar on how to repair stars in Photoshop. This class will be taught by Matt Taylor. One of the...
... Vikas, I have a couple of issues with this mount. First DO NOT overtighten the Dec clutch knob or attempt to move the tube manually with the dec clutch...
Hello dear friends, I'm new in this group and I dont know anything about wt it is about! :D But the most intresting thing for me is the name of this group that...
I have a question about tracking with the 4504. I haven't used mine in a couple years and never really had much success. I plan to take pics of the eclipse and...
Hi, I have just picked up a secondhand 4505. It has a few problems most of which I can resolve however there seems to be a problem with the Starfinder control....
... I have never heard of a fully-successful reload of a Starfinder (or its duplicate: the 494 Autostar). Here's an example of an -attempt-, but he solved his...
Does anyone know if it is possible to use a 1.25" 2x barlow lens with the 4504 scope using the adaptor? I'm not sure how whether the lens has to slide into the...
... If you have the 1.25" adapter in your 4504, a 1.25" barlow will sit in it nicely. Then the regular 1.25" eyepiece sits in the barlow. No modifications to...
