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Celestron EdgeHD 8" SCT OTA

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For sale is a very nice Celestron EdgeHD 8" OTA.  I'm including a 2" visual back, the Celestron 9x50 right-angle illuminated finder scope and bracket, and the T-adapter (new, never used) designed for the EdgeHD scopes.  I'll also throw in the piggyback adapter that's allows you to mount a DSLR on top of the OTA if wanted to do wide field imaging while using the scope.  I bought it for visual observing at f/10 and it produced outstanding views and later decided to try imaging.  It does have a VERY small blemish on the primary mirror near the outer edge but it doesn't seem to affect its performance at all.  Otherwise it is in pristine condition!  I purchased it used a few months ago and when it arrived the collimation screws were loose and the secondary mirror fell into the tube!  Yikes!  I sent it Celestron to be checked for damage.  They checked it out completely and also cleaned and collimated it.  It has the CGE style dovetail on the bottom only.  It only includes the OTA, illuminated finder scope, visual back, and new T-adapter as shown in the pictures and I'll throw in the Celestron piggyback mount.  I have the original double-walled box to ship it but not the original foam.  I'm using other padding to help make sure it stays safe.  It will be well-packaged so no worries and I'll make sure the collimation screws are nice and tight!  I had problems getting the backspacing to work out correctly with the focal reducer in place so I'm selling it to fund a refractor which should be a little easier to manage.  I think it will be a good scope for someone with more experience.

I will cover shipping to anywhere in the USA and the PayPal fees.  $700 includes shipping and Paypal.

OTA $1349.00
9x50 Right angle illuminated finder $106.95
Piggyback adapter $16.95
T adapter $23.95
Total new would be $1496.85.