I've got a Meade Quasar 114\900. It was my starter scope, kicked me off onto this perilous path. I was surprised with just how much it could see and it was an inexpensive ($50) start into the hobby. ( Although it cost me another $100 in EPs to be really useful ). It was also a very good starter scope to learn to use, experiment on, modify and understand the principles of it's optics. The tripod head also flipped over into an AZ position which was also useful occaisonally. I got about a years worth of good use from it before building my first big scope. I doubt I would have done that without having made the first steps with the 114\900. I also used it to take my first pix of the moon.
Reselling it is a possibility, I see some listed at stupid prices on TradeMe over here but mine finally has other plans.
I am rebuilding it on a simple AZ tripod for my grand daughter. She's a very bright 8 year old with the reading abilty of an 11 year old. She figured out how to drive my 10" on the DOB base last Friday and they live out in the country with dark skies. So rebuild the focusser and find a few EPs and her birthday is about 6 weeks away. That's what granddads are for ain't it ?
