Posts Made By: Richard Lee

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.

This is very similar to the Celestar C8 basic with a spur gear gearbox sitting on top of a DC motor. I believe you call this telescope model in your online book a Classic C8+ from the 90's.