Celestron CPC800 questions please

[proflight2000]

Hi, couple of questions if I may please. Does anyone who may have one of these scopes know if it is possible to change the Three screw in bolts that screw the mount to the base of the scope, something like bobs knobs etc, secondly, I have a celestron T Mount that fits my camera directly to the scope back, I have a new 1/10 microfocuser fitted and the length of the t-mount is too short and will not allow the camera to fit alongside the focuser, can you get longer t-adaptors for SCT scopes at all. Thanks all, clear skys.

[brantuk]

"change the Three screw in bolts that screw the mount to the base of the scope"

D'you mind if I ask why you want to do this? The three that screw up from the underside of the tripod are meant to lock the scope in place so it doesn't come off.

"can you get longer t-adaptors for SCT"

You can - but I would use a 2" diagonal and a 2" T-adaptor nose piece to put the dslr into the diagonal.

http://www.firstlightoptics.com/adaptors/flo-2-inch-t-mount-camera-adapter.html

If you have to use a T-adaptor extension then 365Astronomy do them:

http://www.365astronomy.com/photographic-adapters-camera-adapters-t2-c-m42-etc-c-5_32_252.html

Hope that helps