2" Diagonal & Eyepieces

[Malc Spring]

Hi folks,

I have a question and hopefully someone can answer it for me?

Way back I owned a C9.25 OTA and I had it kitted out with a Baader 2" Quicklock visual back connected to a Williams Optics 2" diagonal which in turn I used with 2" eyepieces. Regrettably I sold all my astro gear, but now I have been bitten by the bug again and currently I am building a set-up which includes a newly purchased Celestron Nexstar Evolution 8.

Now here's the thing. I am wanting to put a 2" diagonal on the 8" OTA and my question is will a 2" visual back/diagonal combo work with a 8" OTA?

Obviously if at all possible I would like to go 2" as having that additional 3/4" could be handy.

Thanks for your advice.

Ta

Malc

[bosun21]

Yes, I used a 2" clicklock and a WO diagonal on a C8 which worked fine. There is so much focal travel on SCT's that practically any diagonal will reach focus. I found the 2" diagonal allowed me to use long focal length 2" eyepieces for a wider FOV.