Page 66 of 68 - Celestron C8 Registry - posted in Classic Telescopes: a celestar came with a wedgepod that wasnt very adjustable, this looks to have a proper wedge
hte Celestron Computerstar was new in the mid 80s, it was the very first ever GOTO system on a amateur telescope. they were pretty buggy and I doubt there's many left working. IIRC, they used a pretty complicated motor drive with both fast and slow motors...
I thought about what you said about having the eyepieces, etc. in the case with the telescope. Given the wedge is still missing (I heard back that a preliminary search did not discover it), that is an excellent point. I will discuss storage options for the telescope and accessories with ...
Powerstar 8 PEC This will not work with the Ultima models nor the C11 and C14 of any years. It will not work with the Ultima 2000, Celestar 8 (Wedgepod years) C8-DX, Powerstar II, or Faststars; they had domed trunnion bearing covers.As per the dec...
FWIW, I don't know if all Celestron bolt patterns are the same, but I have a heavy duty wedge on a Celestar tripod. With this setup one leg points due South when aligned. Secondly when you have your scope mounted the fork should point at the pole #45 JDSherman Vostok 1 Posts: ...