researched the 4495C

Manuel sent me a photo of the plate from his family member's old telescope. He described it as a Dobsonian. But on a mount with counterweights. Huh? Asked him to shot more photos if possible.

The Meade Model 4495C. Diameter = 114mm (or 4½"). Focal length = 910mm. Focal ratio = f/8.

OK. Time to do some research.

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Seems the Meade 4495C is a reflector on a small equatorial mount and a wooden tripod. Nice little reflector. The bad news though is that it used 0.965" eyepieces. Ugh.

Couldn't find the manual for it. I did find a page at Meade for the 4500. Looks to be similar.