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Midnight Dan
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/23/08
Posts: 2737
Loc: Brockport, NY
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Now can I hang a 31mm Nagler off the back (that's all I have in that size range) without problems...
That eyepiece should be no problem on either scope.
-Dan
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Scopes: Celestron NexStar 8SE, Orion EON 72mm ED/APO, Orion ShortTube 80
Mounts: NexStar Alt/Az GoTo, Orion Astroview (EQ3) w/single axis drive
Eyepieces: Baader Hyperion 36mm (Aspheric), 21mm 13mm, 8mm, 5mm;
Other: 2x & 3x Barlow, 0.63x Focal Reducer, Dew-not strips, DewBuster controller, SQM Meter
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AlienRatDog
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/15/05
Posts: 1084
Loc: Ann Arbor
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Good Good, I was just worried the weight and size would be too much...
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Abe -- the poor PhD student
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12" LX200GPS-SMT w/UHTC
Explore Scientific 127mm Triplet ED APO
Losmandy GM8 EQ mount
Nagler 31mm, 17mm, 13mm, 12mm, 9mm, 2.5x Powermate
12X50 Binoculars
Understanding wife
One beautiful daughter, Emma-Rose (born 7-29-2009)
Twin boys (cats), half Persian/half Alley Cat but all Vermin!
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brianb11213
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 02/25/09
Posts: 2087
Loc: 55.215N 6.554W
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Now can I hang a 31mm Nagler off the back (that's all I have in that size range) without problems...
That eyepiece should be no problem on either scope.
Ah, but what about your back when you try to lift the scope with the Nag in? 
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Midnight Dan
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/23/08
Posts: 2737
Loc: Brockport, NY
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Ah, but what about your back when you try to lift the scope with the Nag in?
Yeh, you're right. The Nag probably deserves its own JMI hardshell case with rolling wheels and pull handle. 
-Dan
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Scopes: Celestron NexStar 8SE, Orion EON 72mm ED/APO, Orion ShortTube 80
Mounts: NexStar Alt/Az GoTo, Orion Astroview (EQ3) w/single axis drive
Eyepieces: Baader Hyperion 36mm (Aspheric), 21mm 13mm, 8mm, 5mm;
Other: 2x & 3x Barlow, 0.63x Focal Reducer, Dew-not strips, DewBuster controller, SQM Meter
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AlienRatDog
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/15/05
Posts: 1084
Loc: Ann Arbor
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Ya know, I really think I want an Nexstar SE...I was out this weekend and saw some nice skies but because of my schedule, I didn't feel like taking the 127 APO out....
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Abe -- the poor PhD student
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12" LX200GPS-SMT w/UHTC
Explore Scientific 127mm Triplet ED APO
Losmandy GM8 EQ mount
Nagler 31mm, 17mm, 13mm, 12mm, 9mm, 2.5x Powermate
12X50 Binoculars
Understanding wife
One beautiful daughter, Emma-Rose (born 7-29-2009)
Twin boys (cats), half Persian/half Alley Cat but all Vermin!
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Jeff Lee
professor emeritus
Reged: 09/17/06
Posts: 508
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I have a C5 and a C8. While the C5 has exceptional optics, the C8 has very good optics and just blows the 6 away at both dark and 5 mag sites. If I could only have one, it would be the C8.
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Jeff Lee
C90,C5,C8, 10 x 50's
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CarboAl
member
Reged: 11/30/08
Posts: 43
Loc: USA PA
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I'm disabled with a bad back and use an 8SE for my grab and go, with a 13 nag
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Nexstar 8SE
13mm Nagler 6, 25mm plossl, 9.7mm Plossl, 40 mm Plossl
Sky Scout/with connect
JMI motofocus
9 x 50 RACI
Drum Throne
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DeepField
super member
Reged: 08/17/09
Posts: 103
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I have a C5 and a C8. While the C5 has exceptional optics, the C8 has very good optics and just blows the 6 away at both dark and 5 mag sites. If I could only have one, it would be the C8.
Glad you like your C8 , but let's not exaggerate.
One could just as easily say the C6 "blows away" the C8 in terms of price and portability but that too would be an exaggeration.
These scopes are from the same family and are identical in almost every way. You can't go wrong with either.
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Scott
Nexstar 6SE
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Peter9
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 10/30/08
Posts: 803
Loc: Yorkshire - Born & Bred
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I have a C5 and a C8. While the C5 has exceptional optics, the C8 has very good optics and just blows the 6 away at both dark and 5 mag sites. If I could only have one, it would be the C8.
Glad you like your C8 , but let's not exaggerate.
One could just as easily say the C6 "blows away" the C8 in terms of price and portability but that too would be an exaggeration.
These scopes are from the same family and are identical in almost every way. You can't go wrong with either.
Never a truer word spoken Scott. They are both excellent scopes.
Peter.
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Some of the pleasure I get from life I owe to Astronomy.
Astronomy does not owe me a thing.
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Nexstar 8se
150mm Helios Newton Reflector EQ 3 G.E.M.
6.3mm 10mm Plossls. Celestron 25mm & 40mm E.Ps. 8mm x 24mm Baader Hyperion Zoom. 2x Barlow. 9x50 R.A.C.I Finderscope. G.L.P and Bracket. Dew Shield. Home made Solar filter. Home made H.C Holder.(Great Asset). Maplin's 12V 17ah Auto Start Unit.
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viperbob
professor emeritus
Reged: 08/20/07
Posts: 717
Loc: New Jersey
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CarboAl, courious about your handle. I worked for over 30 years at a plant here in New Jersey called Carborundum.
Anyhoo I love my "light weight" 8se, and understand why you like it so much. Great optics and will take many extras.
VB
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VB
40 25'N 74 11'W
Nexstar 8se
Celestron 17AH Power Tank
William Optics Binoviewer
8x40 Nikon Action
Nagler 12mm Type 2
2 Panoptic 15mm's
Nagler 20mm Type 2
2 Televue Plossl's 25mm
32mm Televue Plossl
Panoptic 27mm
GSO SuperView 42mm
Televue 2X 1.25" Barlow
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