How to install the CELESTRON HD PRO WEDGE on a CPC-800 

Very good video! Thank you very much!

Thank you for making and sharing this video. I read the instructions, but seeing you installing the wedge is a great visual aid. I think I can do it now.

Does it help a lot? Some people are telling me not to spend the money. I have the CPC 1100

Thanks for this. Very brave video. I wasn't sure which allen bolts belong to the plastic washers, and still don't. LOL. It's a heavy wedge. Be sure to remove the handset and holder before moving the scope on the wedge. The ZWO uncooled planetary cameras with the side ports allow the camera with back focus to be installed without the USB or power cords hitting the mount. A least on my CPC 925 HD. There is another mod I am exploring for a ZWO ASI533 using F/10 and 146mm back focus, but sadly not with a reducer. Only for long exposure astrographing smaller DSO galaxies.

Again, Thanks Sascha - thank heavens I found you, oh you lighten my heart! The ill informed opions about Alt-Az on a Wedge versus the EQ mount / drives have been very distracting and plain wrong. Your images and comments are proof. I had also come across a lovely lady in the States with the same set up and she too had great success with precise tracking to do great AP. Finally, yes, I have set up the SCT OTA to piggy back my ED80 on top for spectroscopy imaging - weight is absolutely no problem. Your FRA400 will be fine. (I too have the FRA400 on an AM5 mount - a "travel" set up). Balancing with a counter weight on the bottom is it, and easy. Once I get everything working properly I want to try doing OSC / Hyperstar imaging (through the SCT) at the same time as the ED 80 (Mono camera / EFW), both on the same DSO. I'll do the guiding through the ED80 setup. Haven't thought this all the way through yet re camera control, but I'm sure this is possible.

Hi there thanks for the video. I was wondering if you did a video on how to set it up and use it ?

Hi Sacha Yes I would love you doing a Video about Don't Defork your CPC!!! I just wish there there was an easier way of getting the CPC on/off the Pro HD Wedge.

Greetings from California! Thank you for your great video. This is all VERY familiar to me. You have to be VERY careful handling such a large and heavy scope manually, especially as you get older --- can be dangerous if not handled carefully. I have an old manually-operated Celestron Ultima 11 SCT scope (VERY similar to the CPC 1100). After using it on its tripod for a number of years for star public parties, getting very tired of the weight, etc., I realized that it was time to mount it permanently on a pier in my backyard. I visited a junk dealer to find a suitable pipe to install it in the ground. Fortunately the pipe already had a flanged end with bolt holes. Then I built a bolt-on top plate to place on it and mounted my wedge to it. Then I built a very-small and compact roll-off observatory shed for the telescope (the size of an enclosed telephone booth). I was president of our local astronomy club for about six years and also an official volunteer public outreach representative for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for about 6 years, exposing the public and school children to astronomy and space exploration. Glad to see you are having fun with your new scope. How is it going for you? 😎

Is this telescope that you advise for beginners?

Hello Sacha, thank you for this video. I have the exact same scope but in the French part of Switzerland. AltAz has been fun for a while but I wish to do AP now, did you have any success with this setup ? I'm undecided between deforking and buying this wedge. Cheers !