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8" Orion Dovetail Mounting Plate
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Expected Ship Date: 06/02/2012
  • Rigid dovetail plate provides a platform for coupling telescope optical tubes to Orion AstroView, SkyView Pro, Sirius, and Atlas equatorial mounts
  • 8" long dovetail plate made of extruded, anodized aluminum
  • Attach one to all your telescopes for easy, no-tools swapping of instruments on your Orion mount and tripod
  • Includes four optical axis offset adjustment screws for precision mounting
  • Also compatible with Orion VersaGo, Versago II, SkyView AZ, and TeleTrack altazimuth mounts


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Item #  07383
Mfg Model #  07383

The 8" Orion Dovetail Mounting Plate provides a platform for coupling telescope optical tubes to Orion SkyView Pro, Atlas, Sirius, and AstroView equatorial telescope mounts. This “narrow-style” dovetail plate also works well with Orion VersaGo and SkyView AZ altazimuth mounts. The dovetail plate fits into the dovetail saddle on the mount head for easy attachment.

Ideal for amateur astronomers who have more than one telescope to use with a single mount, the 8” Orion Dovetail Mounting Plate is easy to use. Simply attach one to each of your telescopes, or telescope tube rings, and you’ll be able to swap between your telescope optical tubes quickly and easily. Once you’ve attached your telescope or telescope tube rings to the Dovetail Mounting Plate, you can change telescopes on the mount without using tools!  

This dovetail plates is made of extruded, anodized aluminum. Note: One 8" dovetail plate comes standard with the SkyView Pro and Sirius EQ-G GoTo computerized telescope mounts.

Orders received by noon Pacific Time for in-stock items ship the same business day. Orders received after noon will ship the next business day. When an item is not in-stock we will ship it as soon as it becomes available. Typically in-stock items will ship first and backordered items will follow as soon as they are available. You have the option in check out to request that your order ship complete, if you'd prefer.

8" Orion Dovetail Mounting Plate
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4 This 8" Orion Dovetail Mounting Plate provides a platform for coupling telescope optical tubes to AstroView, SkyView Pro, Sirius, and Atlas equatorial telescope mounts. Includes four optical axis offset adjustment screws.
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Good Solid Mount
PostedOctober 5, 2011
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Well machined, solid way to mount a scope. The mount can easily be attached to a alt az tripod or a quick release dovetail.
Pros: good build quality
Yes, I recommend this product!
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This dovetail works!
PostedSeptember 30, 2011
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Orion dovetail plates are holding all my scopes without any problems.
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Perfect for what I needed it for.
PostedSeptember 26, 2011
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Needed to extend the Rail on my SCT so I could view at Zenith with my 2" Diagonal. The 8" rail fixed me right up, and for a cheap price. Thanks Orion.
Favorite viewing location:??Backyard
Favorite object to observe:??M13
Pros: sturdy and rigid
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Works great
PostedSeptember 21, 2011
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Bought this to mount on my Celestron 8SE, in "Ron's Rails" fashion. This allows me to move the OTA further out from the base, so 2" diagonal and DSLR won't strike the base. Had to drill two holes, but works great.
Favorite viewing location:??High in the mountains of Washington or California
Pros: price, quality
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