Im not even sure if Ive got my finderscope on the right way around, is it meant to have the square shaped clear glass part facing towards the sky at the front or does it go the other way around? I couldn't find a clear picture in the instruction manual, of the finderscope actually attached to the telescope. It doesn't really explain which way it goes either. I found that I couldn't see any red dot at all but when I played around with it, it appeared but I could only see it if I looked down the scope, towards the mirror end of it (if that makes any sense at all). I couldn't get the red dot to appear 'in the sky' as such and I played around with all of the knobs on the finder aswell but that didn't do anything. Do I need to play around with the screws at the bottom aswell? For collimation? However, I will try it out again over the weekend and hopefully, I will have more luck.

Everything else about the Meade Lightbridge is great, I love the smooth movement of the scope and its easy to put together and take apart. I found its very stable aswell, not like my other 6 inch dob which has slippage and shakes in the wind. The base is good too, once the bottom part (where the mirror is) and the top part are put together with the trusses, it fits very nicely onto the base. There are no handles or sharp bits poking out either. I can even carry the scope without taking it apart (not with the base attached, its way too heavy). Did you get 1 or 2 eye pieces with yours? I only got 1 but it works really well. The moon looked fantastic and my friend that was staying with me at the time (she had never looked through a scope before) was really impressed. Ive got other eye pieces (and coloured filters) that fit into the Lightbridge so I don't really need anymore.

That is bad luck having to wait another 5 days for the base. I can't wait to take it to the next astro camp, where the skies are darker. Ive got lots of light pollution where I live, too many street lights but not too bad when the moon isn't out. Saying that, I do love looking at the moon too.