CELESTRON C8 MANUAL PDF

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The Dec slow motion knob turns a screw that moves a tangent arm connected to the left declination axis bearing. When assembled, the corrector plate sits on the small ledge majual is centered by the cork spacers. Other sources of spare parts are: C8 Maintenance Websites There are not too many websites at least that I can find giving classic orange tube C8 maintenance instructions.

Following are links to the only two websites I have found: I have constructed this web page to consolidate the information I have gathered about the C8, hopefully this will be of interest to other C8 owners or mmanual interested in early Celestron telescopes.

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The C8 was launched in and was the first mass produced Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.

The corroded collimation screws in the left photo were removed and replaced with Bob’s knobs. The mid-late ‘s mount was monotone grey with solid forks, but early ‘s models had a two tone paint scheme and forks with circular cut outs. The forks are detachable from the circular drive base, which contains a manual right mnaual RA control knob, the RA clamp, the RA setting circle, and the clock drive.

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The below photos show the corrector plate, secondary mirror holder, collimation screws original factory screwsand secondary mirror light baffle. I had originally intended to write a historical background on Celestron and the C8, but there are already several very good sites xelestron Celestron history.

This was the first mass produced Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, and greatly influenced amateur astronomy in the ‘s through to the present. The accessory screws extend 5.

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This allows very precise declination adjustments, but the tangent arm has a limited range of motion. There are screw holes for mounting accessories on both the front and rear cells.

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Celestron’s Technical Support recommended the following website as a possible source of classic C8 information and replacement parts: The orange tube C8 came fork mounted on a circular drive base. The below photos show the secondary mirror mounting plate left and the plastic secondary holder right.

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The classic orange tube model was sold betweenafter which it was changed to a black tube. The below left photo shows the C8 with the corrector plate removed. If anyone knows of other classic C8 websites, please send me a link. The below manua photo shows the plastic secondary holder with the Bob’s knobs installed.

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