Discontinued itemsSold OutVixen Telescope AXD2-VMC260L

Mount

• R.A slow motion
  Worm and wheel gears with 270-tooth whole circle micro movement, 135mm in diameter, made of brass
• Dec slow motion
  Worm and wheel gears with 216-tooth whole circle micro movement, 108mm in diameter, made of brass
• Worm shaft gear
  14.5mm in diameter, made of brass
• R.A axis
  50mm in diameter, made of A7075 super aluminum-alloy
• Dec. axis
  50mm in diameter, made of A7075 super aluminum-alloy
• Number of bearings
  21 pieces
• Counterweight bar
  25mm in diameter, retractable
• On-screen R.A display / Setting circle
  10 arc minute increments / 1 arc minute increment with vernier
• On-screen Dec display / Setting circle
  2 degrees increments / 10 minutes (0.167 degrees) increments with vernier
• Polar axis scope
  Pre-installed 6X20mm finder scope, 8 degrees field of view, automatic turning off dark-field illuminator, 3 degrees or less setting accuracy, Battery: CR2032 (supplied for checking purpose), 3 stars alignment (Polaris, delta UMI and 51 Cep for northern hemisphere, or Sigma, Tau and Chi in Octantis for southern hemisphere) with precession correction until the year 2040.
• Altitude adjustment
  Latitude adjustable between 0 degree and 70 degrees (devided in 3 zones for high, middle and low latitude and adjustable +/- 15 degrees per zone), altitude scale in 2 degrees increments, Fine adjustments with two tangent screw bolts about 0.5 degrees per rotation
• Azimuth adjustment
  Fine adjustments with twin screw knobs about 1.0 degree per rotation, adjustable range about +/- 7 degrees
• Motor drive
  Pulse motors with micro-step motion control (400 pps)
• Star chart go-to
  Automatic go-to slewing and high precision tracking with STAR BOOK TEN, 800× of sidereal rate at maximum slewing speed
• Photographic loading weight
  30 kg (Maximum torque load: 750 kg/cm at a point of 25cm from the place where the R.A and Dec axes cross.
• Controller port
  D-sub9pin male connector
• Power port
  DC12V EIAJ RC5320A Calss4 (center plus), Electricity consumption between 0.45A and 2.5A (from 0.45A to 2.2A at 15kg loading weight)
• Dimensions
  457mm×465mm×152mm
• Weight
  25 kg (without counterweight)
• Counterweights
  1.5kg×1,　7kg×1

Optical tube assembly

• Primary mirror
  260mm effective aperture, precision spherical mirror, multicoated
• Focal length (Focal ratio)
  3,000mm (F11.5)
• Resolving power / Limiting magnitude
  0.45 arc seconds / 13.8
• Light gathering power
  1380×unaided eye
• Dimensions / Weight
  304mm dia. and 680mm long (720mm incl. protruded focus knob) / 12.1kg (Net 10kg)
• Finder scope
  7×50mm with dark-field illuminated reticle, 7 degrees field of view

Eyepiece Section

• Adapter thread / Visual back
  60mm and 42mmforT-ring / 50.8mm and 31.7mm push fit with flip mirror diagonal
• Eyepiece (31.7mm)
  Optional

Tripod

• Tripod legs
  Large aluminum pipe legs 55mm thick, extendable
• Size / Weight
  Pipe legs adjustable from 760mm to 1080mm in length, from 690mm to 915mm in height, set up circle from 440mm to 570mm in radius / 10.3kg

Others

• Photography
  Usable with Prime focus, Eyepiece projection and Afocal imaging
• Solar observation
  Not available
• Total weight
  55.9kg