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Posts Made By: John Hawkins

February 17, 2019 04:57 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Build a C8 binocular telescope?

Posted By John Hawkins

I wonder if it's possible to cobble together two vintage Celestron C8's into a binocular telescope?  Somehow put together two 90 degree diagonals per scope to bring the eyepieces together?  
Any thoughts?  It would be a great project and a way to recycle older telescopes.
John Hawkins

February 26, 2019 11:18 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Build a C8 binocular telescope?

Posted By John Hawkins

You're probably correct about the field of view - this was just an idea on repurposing some of the older pre-auto-find C8's that are out there.  There's also a very extensive thread on Cloudynights that I've been studying.
Cheers.