help choosing a heady duty tripod for Celestron Cl

I just recently purchased an used telescope. The previous owner sold it to me at a good price so I bought it. According to the owner this is a Celestron Classic C8+ from the mid 90's. The telescope came with the OTA and an equatorial wedge + fork, 6 x 30 finderscope, DEC motor and a hand held control but he did not have a tripod to go with it. I'm kind of new with telescopes so I need some help deciding which Celestron tripod models will fit the wedge. I have heard from other forums that different tripods may have different bolt-mounting patterns and some of the new tripods may not even be able to fit the C8+. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.


Update: I just found a suitable tripod here at Astromart. Thank you all for your help.

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If you can find an older "locked triangle" Celestron tripod it is very sturdy and will fit the wedge you have. I had one back in the day and liked it very much.

Edd Weninger
Overgaard AZ

Contact Don Rothman:

http://astronomy-mall.com/astro.parts.outlet/

He maintains inventories of a lot of older equipment. You can try an astromart ad first. But Don maintains the inventory himself so he's got money in it and needs a higher return than someone selling as a private party.

Greg N