Mine is similar to Peter's but in the 12mm giving me a magnification of 235x.
The meade works fine but I know Mark Hodson had some constent problems with the illumination lines going all course and dissapearing.
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Most astronomy shops have them.
Mine was about $150
I align with a star fairly high in the sky...maybe within 20 degreez of Zenith.
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