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> A80SSWT

> ED 80Sf APO

> ED103SWT

> ED115SWT

> VMC260L 260mm

> A80M Refractor

> R150 Newtonian

> R200SS Newtonian

SKYPOD

> VMC 95L

> VMC110L

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> MC90L

Model: A80SSWT OTA

Description :

A80SS is Vixen new short focal length 80mm refractor. A great cross-over astronomical and terrestrial scope, the A80SS is a portable solution for enthusiasts. Small enough to be mounted on a photo tripod for casual astro/terrestrial observing, the scope also works great with the PHINX mount on the table top stand. The optical tube comes standard with Vixen's red dot finder, 2" focuser(!), flip mirror diagonal and dovetail tube plate for quick and easy mounting. At less than 11 with dew shield flipped, the Vixen A80SS is the ultimate grab-n-go travel scope!

Specification :

Focal Length	400
Focal Ratio	f/5.0
Weight	5.1 lbs.
Tube Diameter	90mm
Length	Tube: 14.3"
Objective Diameter (mm)	80

Model: ED 80Sf APO Refractor OTA

Description :

This entry-level APO refractor features high-grade glass and quality components. Coupled with a medium f/7.5 focal ratio, the ED series provide a sharp, color-free image of high contrast. At only 22.4", this is our ultimate grab-n-go APO travel scope. Transportation is easy with padded, key-lockable travel case included with telescope. OTA comes with giant 9x50mm finder, a 2" eyepiece adapter and Crayford focuser with tension/lock adjustment. Eyepiece adapter is rotatable with locking collar. Note that this model does not take 60mm drawtube accessories. Case holds OTA, flip-mirror and finder scope.

The ED80Sf comes standard with 9x50mm finder, eyepiece adapter, dual T-thread flip-mirror with dual eyepiece adapters, 100mm tube rings and dovetail tube plate.

Works great with any Vixen equatorial or alt-az mount.

Features:

• Finder bracket

• 9x50mm Finder

• 100mm tube rings

• Dovetail tube plate

• Dual T-thread flip-mirror with dual eyepiece adapters

• eyepiece adapter

Specification :

Aperture	80mm
Focal Length (mm)	600
Focal Ratio	f/7.5
Weight	7.5 lbs.
Tube Diameter	100mm
Finder Scope	9x50mm

Model: ED103SWT OTA

Description :

The ED apochromatic refractor features Extra-Low Dispersion (ED) glass in its objective lens to suppress chromatic aberration to a virtually invisible level. Coupled with a medium f/7.7 focal ratio, the ED series provide a sharp, color-free image of high contrast for both visual and photographic applications. Works great with any Vixen equatorial mount.

Features:

• 7x50mm finder

• 115mm tube rings

• eyepiece adapter

• Dual T-thread flip-mirror with dual 1录鈥?eyepiece adapters

• Carry handle

• Dovetail tube plate

Specification :

Aperture	103mm
Focal Length (mm)	795
Focal Ratio	f/7.7
Weight	7.9 lbs.
Tube Diameter	115mm
Length	32.3 in

Model: ED115SWT OTA

Description :

This ED 115mm refractor features a 2-element optical system with ED (extra-low-dispersion) glass to dramatically reduce the secondary spectrum and produce sharp images with outstanding contrast for both visual and astrophotography applications.

Works great with any Vixen equatorial mount.

The ED115S comes standard with 7x50mm finder, eyepiece adapter, dual T-thread flip-mirror with dual eyepiece adapters, 125mm tube rings, carry handle and dovetail tube plate.

Features:

• 140mm Tube Rings

• 2 inch adapter with 1.25 inch eyepiece holder

• dovetail to fit any Vixen and compatible equatorial mount

Specification :

Aperture	115mm
Focal Length (mm)	890
Focal Ratio	f/7.7
Weight	Shipping: 12 lbs.
Finder Scope	7x50

Model: VMC260L 260mm Catadioptric OTA

Description :

With 169% of the light gathering power of our 8" scopes, this unique system makes it possible to offer a Maksutov-Cassegrain-like design in a big but manageable package. Consisting of Pyrex庐 primary and secondary spherical mirrors, Vixen's improvement of Maksutov's design is the incorporation of a 2-element corrector lens in front of the secondary mirror. This system tidily corrects spherical aberration and field curvature. It also eliminates the need for a big, expensive and heavy front corrector plate found in conventional Maksutov designs. In addition, the resulting open tube design excludes the possibility of dew condensing on a full-aperture corrector.

VMC260L with eyepiece adapter, dual T-thread flip-mirror with dual eyepiece adapters, 7x50mm finder, carry handle and rail-system with sliding balance bar.

Focusing is via primary mirror movement and optical collimation is accomplished by secondary mirror adjustments, just like on the smaller Schmidt-Cassegrains telescopes many amateurs are accustomed to.

Features:

• Carry handle

• Rail-system with sliding balance bar

• eyepiece adapter  

• Dual T-thread flip-mirror with dual 1录鈥? eyepiece adapters

• 7x50mm finder

Specification :

Aperture	260mm
Focal Length (mm)	3020
Focal Ratio	f/11.6
Weight	26.5 lbs.
Tube Diameter	305mm
Length	26.4"

Model: A80M Refractor OTA

Description :

New Observer
Great Entry into Vixen Quality

Vixen achromatic refractors provide pinpoint images of the stars as well as sharp images of the Moon and planets. Achromatic lenses, composed of convex crown glass and concave flint glass elements, reduce chromatic aberration and produce the bright and stable images associated with refractor telescopes. All air-to-glass surfaces on the objective lens are multi-coated to maximize light transmission.

Refractors are easy to maintain telescopes and are an excellent choice for beginners and experts.

Works great with any Vixen equatorial mount.

Specification :

Aperture	80mm
Focal Length (mm)	910
Focal Ratio	f/11.4
Weight	2.5 / 5.5 (kg/lb)
Tube Diameter	90mm
Tube Length	915 / 36 (mm/inch)
Backfocus / without field-flattener  or with Coma Corrector  or with Reducer	139.4 mm
Finder / visual / mounting	Dot Finder; 2" holder, 1录" flip mirror w/T-threads;  tube rings/dovetail plate

Model: R150 Newtonian Reflector OTA

Description :

Newtonian reflector telescopes are completely free of chromatic aberration, and they are generally less expensive than refractor telescopes of equal aperture. The parabolic mirror reflectors have neither chromatic aberration nor spherical aberration and their center image is extremely sharp. Vixen unique sliding focus mount has the advantage of using a smaller secondary mirror that minimizes light loss due to secondary mirror obstruction. Works great with any Vixen equatorial mount.

The 5.9 clear aperture of the R150S optical tube and f/5 focal ratio results in a potent, wide-field photo-visual system with 0.77 arc-sec of resolution. A 6x30mm finder and eyepiece adapter are included.

Specification :

Aperture	150mm
Focal Length (mm)	750
Focal Ratio	5
Weight	4.8 / 10.6 (kg/lb)
Tube Diameter	176mm
Tube Length	715 / 28.1 (mm/inch)
Finder / visual / mounting	6x30mm; 1-1/4" eyepiece adapter; (176mm Tube Rings and Dovetail sold separately)

Model: R200SS Newtonian Reflector OTA

Description :

Advanced Imaging & Visual
With Special Features

At f/4 there's no room for error when forming the surface of an 8" parabolic mirror. Vixen solution is to execute each R200SS mirror with its High-Precision Poly-Order Aspherical Mirror Molding Technique. The result: an exquisite state-of-the-art paraboloide form.

Isaac Newton invented the Newtonian telescope design Vixen perfected the Richfield version. Compact, at 28-inches in length, and super-light, at only 11.7-lbs, the large 60mm drawtube of the Vixen R200SS allows for a whopping 2.6 x 1.7 field-of-view on 35mm format imagers.

The use of the optional coma corrector allows for a sharp coma-free image from edge-to-edge.

The rack and pinion focusing mount is T-Ring-ready, accepts 1" eyepieces and handle 2" eyepieces with the AV-EA-3725 adapter.

Works great with any Vixen equatorial mount.

Reviews

• "Wonderful Photography"

• "Better than 4-in. fluorite when seeing permits."

• "Great contrast, widest field."

• "Great Instrument for all Purposes. Worth every $$."

• "Great telescope for astrophotography. It reduce exposure time!! Also provide sharp image, rich-field ... It's [the] best multi-purpose telescope."

• "Great fast Newtonian. Very bright images. Wonderful for astrophotography."

• "Great optics for an RFT. Views of Jupiter and Saturn up to 178X did not degrade."

• "I tried coupling a 9mm eyepiece to a 3X barlow lens, yielding 267X magnification on this scope (800mm focal length). I was rewarded with exceptional views of Jupiter and Saturn during periods of clear seeing conditions. Lots of cloud bands and festoons visible on the surface of Jupiter and I could see Saturn with its myriad of moons (I counted about 5, or was it 6?) Saturn looked 3D, like a floating ball with a ring around it."

• "This is the best medium sized reflector you can get for astrophotography. Extremely fast especially for CCD work. The best features are: optics very well corrected that show uniformly distributed diffraction rings both in and out of focus; very sturdy and precise focuser; rock solid tube and secondary holder that are not prone to flexure."

• "mine can handle 400x plus if needed on planets. Better than a friends 114mm refractor (at twice the price for tube ass[embly])."

• This is a keeper and a lifetime scope."

• "Using this scope with a 30mm, 60degree AFOV eyepiece, the views are spectacular!! This scope splits the Double Double (Epsilon Lyra) cleanly."

• "It handles very easily X200 on planets and you can push to X300 and X400 to the moon."

Excelsis.com Telescope Reviews: Vixen R200SS

• "A traveler dream"

• "After being subjected to several weeks of rigorous handling, the optics stayed in collimation."

• "In star tests using the 7m Nagler eyepiece coupled to a 2.5x TeleVue Barlow (230x), the mirror displayed virtually identical diffraction rings on either side of focus."

• "My evaluations coincided with the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter. Under the scrutiny of 230x, the planet belts, zones, ovals, and festoons appeared distinct, as did the numerous comet impact sites. This level of planetary image fidelity impressed me"

• "I used this accessory [Tele-Extender R200SS] and a 7mm Nagler (212x) to split clearly Lyra famous 'double double,' Epsilon Lyrae. I was quite satisfied with the results."

• "offers the astrophotographer and visual observer plenty of room to roam through their respective areas of interest. "

Astronomy, December 1994, pp. 85-87

Model: VMC 95L

Description :

The Vixen VMC95L, is a 95 mm (3.7 inch) aperture modified Cassegrain f/11 optical tube assembly.

The VMC95L is intriguing in its own right with interesting features including a curved vane Secondary Mirror Spider to reduce diffraction effects. Like its larger cousins the VMC110L, VMC200L and VMC260L, this scope features a meniscus lens just ahead of the Secondary Mirror

Telescope Sepcifications :

• Design: Reflector, Modified Cassegrain

• Objective Diameter: 95mm

• Focal Length: 1045mm  F/11

• Diagonal: 1.25" Built In Star and Straight Through Camera Port

• Eyepiece(s): PL 25mm (41X)

• Finder Scope: Red Dot

• Focuser: Built In, Slides Primary Mirror

• Built in Dew Shield, with Unique Curved Secondary Holder

• Includes Universal GP Dovetail to fit all Vixen and many other mounts

• Weight: 4lbs extreme portability

Model: VMC110L Skypod

Description :

VMC110L Optical Tube Assembly Specifications

Objective Diameter: 110mm (4.33in.)
Focal Length: 1035mm
Focal Ratio: f/9.4
Configuration: Modified Maksutov-Cassegrain with subdiameter corrector in front of secondary
Semi-circle secondary holder for low diffraction
Built-in flip-mirror star diagonal with camera port

SKYPOD Mount Specifications

Mount= Altazimuth GOTO Mount
Altitude Wrom Wheel=Full circle Full circle 70-tooth gear
Azimuth Worm Wheel=70-tooth gear
Coordinates of object =Shown on the STAR BOOK-S in 0.1' increment
Slow motion controls=Electric, 8-speed in both axes
slewing speed=Max. 900x (sidereal rate)
Auxillary terminal=D-SUB 9 Pin (unavailable)
Batteries=8 x AA-size alkaline batteries
Working duratation with batteries=8hrs at 20 degrees C. (68F) ambient temperature
External power supply=DC12V EIAJ RC5320A Class4
Maximum loadind weight=About 5kg with an optional counterweight
Dimensions=210mmW x 200mmL x 190mmH (without tripod)
Weight= 2.8kg (Incl. controller and cable)
Optional Acessories=Two-section aluminum tripod. Counterweight (Supplied as standard accessories for some models.)

STAR BOOK-S Specifications

Controller=STAR BOOK-S
CPU=32Bit RISC processor CS89712
Display=TN 2.6-inch monochrome LCD screen (160 x 160 = 25600 pixels)
Autoguider Port=6-pole 6-wired modular jack
Controller cable connection terminal=8-pole 8-wired modular jack
LAN connection terminal=10BASE-T
Batteries=4 x AA-size alkaline batteries
Working duration with Batteries=8hrs at 20 degrees C. of ambient temperature
Dimensions=124mmW x 85mmL x 38mmH 165g (without batteries and cable)
Weight=165g (withoutbatteries and cable) Celestial objects stored in memory=Total 22,735 objects consisting of: 17.635 fixed stars brighter than 7-th magnitude, 110 Messier objects, 4.980 NGC/IC objects brighter than 14th magnitude. 8 Planets, the Moon and Sun
Other functions/Capabilities=Softwarere upgrade via LAN connection
Built-in speaker
Operating temperature between 0 deg-C. and 40 deg-C.

Model: MC90L Maksutov Cassegrain With Aluminium Tripod

Description :

Optical Tube

Optional Accessories: Aluminium Tripod

Specification :

Focal Length	1200mm
Focal Ratio	F13.3
Diameter	90mm
Coating	Multi Coated
Tube Length	300mm
Tube Weight	1.6kg