Celestron Narrow Dovetail Bar for 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain and EdgeHD Telescopes - 94501

Had to swap out the stock CGE plate to get my 8" tube to balance on a narrower mount head, and this 13" bar made the whole process a bolt-on affair in like ten minutes. The machining is clean, no sharp edges, and it locks down solidly with zero play once snugged.

Swapped out the bulky stock plate for this slimmer 13-inch bar and the balance on my 8-inch SCT improved noticeably. The narrow width clears my mount's saddle without any fiddling, and the pre-drilled holes lined up with the tube's existing threads right away. Solid aluminum, no flex even with a hea

The 13-inch length fits my C8 perfectly, and it’s rock-solid once torqued down—no flex even with a heavy eyepiece and camera hanging off the back. Swapping from the wider CGE bar took ten minutes and now my setup slides into the saddle like it was made for it.