Meade 12.5" Dob (a beginners perspective) [Article]  | 11/18/02 | by Paul Money The telescope came with a telrad finder, 10x50 finder, and 2 Meade series 4000 eyepieces for $1000. Originally it just came with the telrad, but I negotiat. . . Meade Series 4000 Versus Parks Gold Series [User Review]  | 11/09/02 | by Wing Eng The Meade Series 4000 Series of eyepieces are described by Meade as Super Plossls of 52 degrees apparent field containing 4 Multicoated optical elements an. . . Celestron Nexstar 8i vs. Nexstar 8 (Celestron’s newest 8” Go-To capable SCT takes on its older sibling) [Shootout]  | 11/07/02 | by Jerry L. Garner My assumption (and opinion), after hours of research, was that the N8i would probably be a much better performer since it was released for sale after Celes. . .