David Goodspeed

On ‎3‎/‎11‎/‎2010 at 07:06, sgazer said:

I'm attempting to date my Celestron C8 and have been drawing up a list of serial numbers and manufacturing years off the internet. I've read that Celestron can't help and the serial numbers themselves don't translate to much, but I was hoping that if I can collect enough serial numbers, I can find the one closest to mine to get a rough year of manufacture. Currently, I have the numbers below.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could spend a minute adding your serial number and year of manufacture to this thread, particularly if it's close to mine, then I will collate them all into a table. The serial number typically appears to be on the front of the secondary, perhaps under the removable cap if it has one. Many thanks in advance.

Serial year

4936 1973

176337 1977

219214 1975

339705 1975

804081 1977

808735 1979

811938 1981

815888 1982

928774 ? - mine

I own a C8 that I purchased thirty six years ago...here's the data.....April 1982 .....814325....I now have the optical tube mounted on an Advanced CG-5 GT Mount and retired the old Fork Mount that I keep in storage.  Also I've added a ZWO ASI120MC-S Planetary Camera to the inventory and am looking forward to another thirty six years of service...LOL!!!