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Wood tripod for Celestron c80 ED

Started by idreos, 02/24/2007 10:22PM
Posted 02/24/2007 10:22PM Opening Post
I have decided to purchase a Celestron C80 spotting scope that I will use for casual terrestrial use and occasional look at the moon or a planet.
I live in a condo with an excellent eastern view of the Chesapeake, and will leave the scope on tripod permanently displayed in my living room, thus the reason I want the aesthetics of a wood tripod.
Based on the above considerations as well as decent stability I would appreciate any recommendations/opinions for a used tripod and mount.
Thanks for your help!
Jim
Posted 02/25/2007 02:17AM #1
The Vixen Alt/Az mounts were pretty nice.
Posted 02/25/2007 05:52AM #2
This is overkill (it can hold a lot more that your scope) but very nice:

http://www.jakejacobson.info/tripodshome.html

Also, there are a couple of Vixen wood leg sets listed here on the classifieds right now. They are nice looking in a 'functional' fashion; not fancied up.

Steven

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Posted 02/25/2007 06:05AM #3
http://www.desertskyastro.com/index.html
http://www.handsonoptics.com/mts_gto.html

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John