8/15/2023 0 Comments Meade telescope price![]() ![]() it went together well.thanks to double sided tape. it fit will into the tube.Īs for the spider and the secondard mirror. Once i fitted the the primary mirror to the mirror holder i had to do minor work to get it to fit into the holder. had to retap that and up size all the bolts. found that two of the holes for mirror adjustment were stripped. Then added a 4 inch light sheild as well. I had lined it with a flat black fabaric. and the mirror mounts and the 3 way secondary mirror holder. What i have left of the original is the TUBE. but i was destin to see what the hell it was going to take to FIX it so i could truely enjoy it. What i should have done with this scope was return it. it is NOT a great focuser BUT it does a HUGHLY better job than the meade stuff. I bought the Orion soundary and primary mirrors and through the meade shit away.Īs for the focuser. that is what I used to replace the meade mount and tripod. primary and secondary mirrors.new focuser. i could have bought a toilet and had something i could use with out rebuilding the intire thing.ħ. Look if you are looking for a entery level scope,this is NOT it.Ģ. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PUT THE OBJECT SOUGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE FIELD OF VIEW BUT WILL GET YOU CLOSE ENOUGH THAT WITH A 1 INCH FOCAL LENGTH EYEPIECE YOU WILL FIND IT WITHIN A MINUTE OR SO. SETTING CIRCLES ARE SUFFICIENT THAT AN EXPERIENCED AMATEUR ASTRONOMER CAN LOCATE OBJECTS USING THEM FAIRLY QUICKLY. SPLITS DOUBLE STARS EASILY TO DAWES AND RALEIGH LIMIT. Instead, feed the screws just into the rear of the cell and make further adjustments using the 3 hex-nut set screws also mounted on the rear of the mirror cell.you'll see what I mean. THIS WILL RUIN YOUR IMAGE BY FLEXING THE MIRRORS SURFACE. the 4500 needs precise collimation and care should be taken when adjusting the collimating screws behind the mirror cell not to advance them into the back of the primary mirror (this is possible since they are threaded into a tapped hole that is open on both ends making it possible to ram the screws into the back of the mirror). Was given this scope as a gift to supplement my 12.5 inch dob. I don't rate any better simply because I had to spend an afternoon snugging up everything There are some problems with the worms, but taking the time to adjust them removed most if not all of the backlash. ![]() The optics are excellent and for a quick look scope I couldn't ask for anything more. The secondary was easy to adjust and stayed fixed in place. Even though they are not push-pull, they act like it. Once I had flocked the tube and put it back together it took awhile to get the hang of the bolts on the primary. The scope arrived in collimation, but I dissassembled everything to put black flock paper in the tube. No wobble now! The whole scope is light weight so there are problems with bumping the scope, but it settles down very quickly. I also adjusted the tension on both the RA and DEC axis nuts. The instruction manual and tighten all the bolts and nuts that were loose per the instruction manual. The scope WAS wobbly on it's mount until I took the time to read There are much better beginning scopes out there at the ~$200 dollar range, such as the XT4.5", Orion ST80 and similar scopes.Įither I have a completely different Meade 4500 or I got one heck of a deal. But it you come across one, unless it is pretty darn cheap (or is $500 and comes with a few Naglers -) I wouldn't get it. I do not regret getting it because I used it a lot and it served its purpose. A couple of weeks ago I decided to take it out because I didn't have time to take out the 10" and all. After getting my 10" this sat in the closet for a while. *Update* Ok, I was being a little kind to it in my first post there. At the time, $400 was a good deal, but now that Orion has their SkyView Deluxe 4.5", the 4500 is not such a good deal. I paid $200 for mine (new) and I think it was an excellent deal. It is very easy to set up, and portable enough to take on trips. One problem is with the thumb-screws that hold the slow motion cables on, they work themselves out very easily. The mount is fairly stable, with vibrations dampening out in 3 seconds. The focuser is good, and I like the big knobs. ![]() The supplied 25mm MA eyepiece is fair, but I bought a 20mm Plossl to take its place because the plossl has the same FOV, and the eyepiece quality makes up for the brightness lost due to magnifacation. It makes a BIG difference if the optics are just a little bit out of alignment. With good eyepieces, I can easily spot some of the dimmer Messier objects. I bought one of these telescopes a few years ago. ![]()
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