BlinneOrlaith

8 hours ago, Louis D said:

You might want to pick up a 45 or 90 degree correct image diagonal for terrestrial viewing to avoid image reversal.  They're really cheap on the secondary market because they are packaged with so many department store scopes, so they're resale prices are very suppressed.  I've got a few collecting dust that were tossed in with scopes I've bought over the years.

Excellent shout. I just presumed you put up with a reverse image. I look at stuff like boats and their names, so this is so much easier. Will have a look on here for second hand although Amazon have them at £20 

Excellent, thanks for the replies, if I'd of known the thing was mounted the wrong way round I wouldn't have posted a pic 🤣.

I've ordered a cheap 1.25" diagonal (Here) and the (Celestron eyepiece). Hopefully that gets us going. I've a good view at the house so hopefully the eyepiece is good for terrestrial viewing too. 

The handset is still there. I'll use batteries for the time being,  and I've an upgraded finder. Telrad I think. The more I type I'm remembering that I spent quite a lot of money on eye pieces and different bits. Time to get the bug back, and hopefully we'll bump into each other again. Plus I promised pints 😀

Apart from a brain it seems 😁.

I haven't had the telescope out in years. It's a celestron Nexstar 127 mak. It's dust covered and I presume the kids have taken pieces from it. They're now at an age that they want to look at the moon etc. 

I could hunt the house or be lazy and buy new bits. I'm leaning towards buying new bits so I can have it working for the weekend.  Please tell me what I need. 

I was going to order This eyepiece. And This power cable. 

What else am I missing? Links on Amazon prime would be most helpful and I'd owe you a pint 🍻

A 90 degree mirror? Although I think there's something else I've missed

Thanks in advance