Celestron CPC Deluxe 800 HD 8" f/10 Cassegrain GoTo AZ Telescope

If a pre-2012 CPC encountered the GPS rollover issue, adding a SkySync GPS Accessory and switching the telescope's internal GPS source to the SkySync GPS is a good option. If a CPC's internal GPS is still working normally, there is no reason to add the SkySync GPS Accessory.

Yes, for the Celestron CPC Deluxe 800 HD 8" f/10 Cassegrain GoTo AZ Telescope one can use the Celestron HD Pro Wedge, BH #CEHDPW (https://bhpho.to/3VKv0EW).

(8) AA batteries are used in the hand controller

The Celestron CPC Deluxe 800 HD 8" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope BH #CE110071 • MFR #11007-1 does not come with a tripod. Celestron Heavy Duty Tripod for CPC, Nextar GPS BH #CEHDT • MFR #93493 https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/546204-REG/Celestron_93493_Heavy_Duty_Tripod_for.html

A2" powermate & 2" 2.2lb Televue eye piece + AutoGuider should be no problem for the mount or the tripod

No, the Celestron CPC Deluxe 800 HD 8" f/10 Cassegrain Optical Tube Assembly is not meant to come off the mount. It needs to be stored attached to the mount. To store the OTA with mount one can use the Pelican 1690 Transport Case with Foam (Black), BH #PE1690FB (https://bhpho.to/3uB9Nl1).

An autoguider is capable of controlling an alt-az mounted telescope like the CPC, however, the photographic results will suffer from an effect called field rotation. An alt-az mount tracks an object by moving in a series of up/down, left/right movements while the celestial target is moving in a circle around the pole. The telescope will track and keep the target in the middle of the field, but the field rotation effect makes the target slowly rotate around the center of the field of view, streaking the stars on around the center. Thus, for long exposure photography, an equatorial mount is needed, or the CPC mount needs to go on a wedge to allow the azimuth axis to operate like the polar axis on an equatorial mount.