Kev murphy

Thanks Geoff...

Hi everybody..just a quick.." how i got here".. Well..been wanting to get into a bit stargazing ever since i was a young boy and my parents bought me a small scope for Xmas one year..few weeks looking at the moon and sadly the scope broke and it left me always wanting another..fast forward to now..56 years old..decided to buy a meade 4504 with autostar advertised by as all good just needing a bit cosmetic tlc...oh well me knowing nothing about them traveled 2 hours to buy it got home and then on inspection relised it was junk..mirrors shot..drive system terrible in short..it was a mess..so now i am a fairway into sorting it out..new mirrors..autostar working swapped the crap .9 eyepiece holder for the 1.25..so its still work in progress now looking for eyepieces and advice..lots of advice..thank you in advance

The puppy is called star...yes..i know..

Hello everyone from jarrow.. new to all this meade 4504 with autostar and a meade ds-127