celestron weight prob

[robbie65]

Hi members, can anybody tell me were i can get a countre weight for celestron cpc 9.25 or do i need one ,with heavy eyepieces and the clutch off it seems unbalanced,will this couse a problem with the scope longterm,i have seen one on a scope on utube but cant seem to find one on celesrton web sites.

Regards Robbie

[rawhead]

Is this what you are after?

Celestron Counterweights

[SteveL]

No, its a CPC Fork mount, not an EQ mount, so you`ll be needing one of the ADM counterweight systems (or equiv) to hang under/over the main OTA. Here are some pics of my old NS8GPS, with the ADM MDS counterweight system on it.

[rawhead]

I see...

[robbie65]

hi jon,no these are for CGE type mine is a CPC fork type mount

[robbie65]

holyshit Stevel weres the telescope???

[brantuk]

The CPC's have nylon azimuth bearings that give in after a while if the scope is loaded up and wedged. So they'd need changing to steel bearings eventually - e.g. if you mount a guidescope and cameras/ep's etc.

But with a few 2" ep's in az mode I've never had a problem - just have to be careful if you disengage the clutch

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

holyshit Stevel weres the telescope???

My thoughts exactly:D