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Question posted by Anonymous-164203 on February 18th, 2018

I Need To Send My 8' In For Repairs So Need A Place To Send It.

My Celestron 8" scope needs work on the mother board. It no longer tracks so think its a software problem. Please let me know what I have to do?

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