10" newt on CG5

[spaceboy]

Celestron C10 N 10 inch Newtonian Telescope with CG-5 Equatorial Mount | eBay

I would be interested to know how a 10" newt performs on a CG5. I had an 8" on a CG5-GT and felt it worked very well but I doubt I would ever have contemplated putting a 10" on one.

[rawhead]

I had a 10'' OO F4.8 on mine.

Absolutely fine for visual.

[spaceboy]

Thanks Jon. I take it you would need more than 2 counter weights though? I sold my CG5-GT as the GOTO was too loud for my liking but soon replaced it with a standard CG5 as I had been so impressed with the 200P on it. Nice to know if I ever come across a 10" OTA I'd have some thing to mount it on.

[rawhead]

I take it you would need more than 2 counter weights though?

Yes. I seem to remember I sandwiched a small dumbell between the counter weights ...

[swamp thing]

Maybe it's just me but that looks small for a 10" OTA.

Looks more like an 8"

[spaceboy]

Maybe it's just me but that looks small for a 10" OTA.

Looks more like an 8"

I don't think the 8" has 6 cell clips dose it

[swamp thing]

I don't think the 8" has 6 cell clips dose it

You are probably right I don't know the scope. It just looks small.

I think having an oversized Sonotuube on my 10" does make it appear bigger and I'm used to looking at that.

It's almost certainly clouded my judgement.

[garethmob]

wouldnt a 10" have a 11 - 12" tube?

i have to agree that does look smaller than a 10"

[spaceboy]

You may be right. Jon recons he needed a 3rd weight for a OO and as far as I am aware these are lighter than the synta equivalent ?? There only appears to be 2 CW on this fellows mount. So either it is an 8" or a very unbalanced 10" ?? I wonder if the guy measured the aperture and not the mirror ??

[garethmob]

its possiable, but he does say a model dosent he? im not up with celestron scopes, at first i thought it was a mak cos of its size

[JimStan]

I looked up the C-10 , and it appears to be exactly as shown in the sale. However, the one on E-Bay seems to be slid very far forward in the rings, and that makes it look rather unusual. The scope is even shorter than an F/5, which makes the tube look somewhat "fat". And, no, it is NOT a SCT or Mak , but a straight Newtonian. That mount looks undersized for the tube, but that might just be because the legs are totally collapsed !

The page I looked at: Celestron C10 N Telescope

Jim S.

[spaceboy]

Hang on... that link has the OTA as 94lbs and counter weigth as 3-11lbs. So I'm assuming that's 3 x 11lb weights where as the image on the site only shows 2 as dose the ebay advert :(

[Carl M]

I think there are 3 weights on the ebay advert but the counterweight is just rotated so that you cannot see the locking bolt. The celestron website only has 2 weights and the counterweight bar appears longer than the ebay advert.

[spaceboy]

Well no point speculating I will contact the seller to see what they have to say should anyone be interested in this scope.

[spaceboy]

Hi yes it is a 10 inch newtonian and comes with the 3 counter weights you see in the picture.Thanks.

Paul

You were correct Carl