This lens cap fits perfectly on my orange 1970's Celestron C8 SCT telescope.

This is only my second telescope. My first telescope for astrophotography was an SVBony 503 80ED. I learned a lot using that piece of equipment. However, the difference in image quality between the two scopes is almost like the difference between night and day. I’m new to this, so I don’t know if I’m interpreting this correctly, but it is so much

easier to get a better, lower number for HFR in my images. And my images are just visually more appealing to me.

The best focuser I’ve ever used. This unit is simply a must have for SCT’s. <br

Quality is great. The telescope gives off good clear viewing at night. When put together the weight is heavy but manageable! <br

This adapter was machined perfectly and makes it easy to put my Vixen Dovetail from my Takahashi on the Losmandy Saddle mounted to my TTS 160 mount. It provides a secure mounting on either the side or top position.

Thought I would give an update on this telescope for those who may be interested in this item. I purchased this scope in June of 2020 from HPS after a long hiatus from this hobby. I had a couple of department store scopes (a refractor and a reflector) but sold both many years ago. After my retirement, I had the time and have a great location to ju

mp back into sky watching. Not wanting to jump back in too deep, I purchased this scope. My previous review still stands but I do have some recommendations. I replaced the stock eyepieces with a Celestron 8-24 mm zoom eyepiece and am pleasantly surprised at the optics of the zoom. I replaced the stock diagonal with a better one but kept the original for use with the scope as a spotter. I purchased a 32 mm super plossl eyepiece for sweeping the sky and for use as a finder. This eyepiece works great with this telescope for viewing star clusters and such. The Pleiades looked great as did the core area of Andromeda. This scope has a 660 mm focal length so a bit more magnification is needed. A purchase of a Celestron 2X barlow and a Meade "shorty" 3X barlow provided the needed magnification. The max of useful magnification obtained was about 198 times with the 3X barlow and the zoom eyepiece set around 10 mm. I used this magnification for views of Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars and was again pleasantly surprised by the views. This was on a night of above average seeing. Actually, even lesser magnifications provided great views. I attached a DSLR camera to this scope and took some moon pictures which were surprisingly good for my first attempt at this. BTW, I also recommend a moon filter.
I have an equitorial mount on order from HPS and will use this mount with this scope for longer and easier viewing but will keep the alt-az mount for use with the scope as a spotter. This is a great grab and go telescope and if anyone wants to get their feet wet as a sky lurker, this is a great starter telescope and hopefully it will be available again.
As you can see, I have the fever and hope to have a larger aperture scope in my future sometime. Clear skies to all.