Glassthrower
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Help - What kind of Celestron Tripod is this?
#4493330 - 04/03/11 11:46 AM Attachment (37 downloads)
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Hi Folks,
I have a puzzler. What type of tripod is this? It only says Celestron on it. The legs are heavy steel and the OD is about 1.75 inches.
I have attached two photos of the top plate.
Any ideas?
Best regards and thanks!
MikeG
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Glassthrower
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Re: Help - What kind of Celestron Tripod is this?
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#4493334 - 04/03/11 11:47 AM Attachment (27 downloads)
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Bottom view of the top-plate :
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jrcrilly
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Re: Help - What kind of Celestron Tripod is this?
[Re: Glassthrower]
#4493360 - 04/03/11 11:56 AM
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Looks like the old original Nextar 5/8 tripod.
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Jim7728
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Re: Help - What kind of Celestron Tripod is this?
[Re: Glassthrower]
#4493384 - 04/03/11 12:05 PM
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I only see seven toes... 
What John said.
http://www.opticsplanet.net/celestron-nexstar-telescope-tripods.html
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jrcrilly
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Re: Help - What kind of Celestron Tripod is this?
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#4493404 - 04/03/11 12:11 PM
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Quote:
http://www.opticsplanet.net/celestron-nexstar-telescope-tripods.html
Yes - that's the later but nearly identical "i" version, which had captive mounting screws.
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Glassthrower
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Re: Help - What kind of Celestron Tripod is this?
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#4493438 - 04/03/11 12:23 PM
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Mystery solved. Thanks! 
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RTLR 12
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Re: Help - What kind of Celestron Tripod is this?
[Re: Glassthrower]
#4493721 - 04/03/11 02:57 PM
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Looks exactly like my 6/8SE tripod with the hardware removed.
Stan
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jason_milani
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Re: Help - What kind of Celestron Tripod is this?
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#4494517 - 04/03/11 09:48 PM
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The "SE" tripods are different for the 4 and 5" and the 6 and 8". The 4 and 5 have the built in wedge while the 6 and 8 don't. The "SE's" also have the captive screws. The original Nexstar 5 and 8 had the extruded aluminum tripods. Your's has the steel legs (which are actually 1.5" in outside diameter). Not that it's really important but i would say it's from a Nexstar 8i. I think. 
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Glassthrower
Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks
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Re: Help - What kind of Celestron Tripod is this?
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#4496514 - 04/04/11 07:01 PM
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The plot thickens. 
Initially, it had an iOptron Minicube on it. Then I thought about putting a parallelogram mount for binoculars on it. But it just kept sitting in the garage.
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