Will the Celestron dovetail plate for their current 8" OTA fit my Celestar 8?

[guym50 (Guy)]

Hi all, please see the link:
http://www.celestron.com/portal/cele...l-bar-cge.html

Seriously thinking of buying the CG-5 GOTO mount/tripod to give my old Celestar 8 new life, however I need to obtain a dovetail plate that fits...

The bottom of my OTA has the screws to match the 2 back and 1 front screw to fit the orange dovetail plate that Celestron make, however it's the measurements that I am not 100% sure of...

Just wondering if anyone out there has an answer for me.Thanks in advanceGuy

[rogerco (Roger)]

Not sure about this particular bar but got a Losmandy one to fit by 1996 C8 from Bintel.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Unless Celestron have changed things recently the CG5 saddle takes Vixen style dovetails. ADM make adapters if you want to use Losmandy dovetails.

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Yep , there are really only 2 types used today , Vixen and Losmandy so it will be one ore the other , Vixen I would say without looking at a picture of yours .
I wont mention Zeiss or Takahashi here .
Brian.

[rogerco (Roger)]

I ended up getting two bars, top and bottom, one wide the other narrow, Vixen is the narrow one which was what I needed for the current mount the other for the EQ6pro when I get it.

The only thing I had to do was a little work with a file on the saddles to get the screws I got off the scope to sit flat. I was advised to be carefull with the length of the screws to make sure they didn't interfere with the mirror or corrector plate.

[guym50 (Guy)]

Hi Roger,

I'm going ahead with the purchase of the Celestron CG-5 GOTO mount/tripod.

If I understand all of you correctly, I need a Vixen type dovetail for my early 2000 Celestar 8, which I believe has the same mounting holes and locations as your '94 C8, to match the head of the CG-5 mount.

This is the link: http://admaccessories.com/V_Series_Dovetails.htm

Please kindly confirm that I am on the right track.

Thanks in advance

Guy

[rogerco (Roger)]

I brought the Losmandy set, the ADM seem to be very similar so should do the job. I don't know anything about the mount however. I have seen a few posts from people who seem to have put a C8 on this mount however. I hope it works for you.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by rogerco

I brought the Losmandy set, the ADM seem to be very similar so should do the job. I don't know anything about the mount however. I have seen a few posts from people who seem to have put a C8 on this mount however. I hope it works for you.

I have a C8 that came with a CG5-ASGT mount. That mount now has an ADM D-series adapter and the C8 two Losmandy D-series dovetails. It doesn't get much use. The C8 or my 127ED spend most of their time on a Losmandy G11.