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Monday, September 5, 2011

Vixen ED103 and Sphinx SXD Mount 95033

Vixen ED103 and Sphinx SXD Mount 95033 Reviews

Friday, August 19, 2011

Vixen ED103S Telescope with Dual Speed Focuser and Sphinx SXW Mount

Vixen ED103S Telescope with Dual Speed Focuser and Sphinx SXW Mount Reviews

Vixen ED103S Telescope with Dual Speed Focuser and Sphinx SXW Mount Feature

ED103S with Vixen's Dual Speed Focuser
ED Apochramatic Refractor with fantastic contrast
Sphinx SXW Mount with the built in star chart STAR BOOK Hand Controller
Includes NLV25mm Eyepiece, Flip Mirro, Finder Scope
Vixen's universal Dovetail System to easily interchange scopes.

The Vixen ED103S is an apochromatic refractor, with fantastic contrast and 4" aperture, sufficient for viewing most of the planets and many stars. With its ED glass elements, chromatic aberration has been reduced to nearly undetectable levels, permitting a much more practical use of the higher magnifications quoted in the specifications than when seemingly identical in a normal achromatic refractor. Vixen’s ED Glass has brought refractors back to the forefront of premium telescope choices, to compete with the 8" and larger ubiquitous Schmidt-Cassegrains that, while bringing in enormous quantities of light, simply cannot compare to the contrast of the apochromatic refractor. The included flip-mirror adapter allows either 90° or straight-through observing. With an eyepiece upon each end of the flip-mirror, you can quickly switch between the two as the declination of your object of interest changes its location in the sky. The SPHINX equatorial mount and STARBOOK controller have been intelligently engineered for high-speed automatic location of celestial objects. It is now possible to explore the beauty of the night sky with greater ease and stability. The SPHINX comes standard with built in motors and the world's first star chart go-to controller, STARBOOK, with a large full color LCD display.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Vixen VMC200L Catadioptric Telescope with SXD Sphinx Mount - 55037

Vixen VMC200L Catadioptric Telescope with SXD Sphinx Mount - 55037 Reviews

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Shop for Telescopes from Telescopes.com! The Vixen VMC200L is a telescope suitable for observation of all types of celestial objects. It benefits from a new lighter-weight optical tube with improved anti reflection coatings a metal carrying handle and a 7x50 finderscope. The VMC200L is a unique design that employs a meniscus corrector lens along with two high-precision spherical mirrors to help eliminate spherical aberration and yield a sharp image with no hint of false color. The VMC200L offers excellent performance for both visual and photographic use. The open tube design eliminates the dew problem that is common with conventional Schmidt-Cassegrain systems and its compact size makes it very easy to handle. The rack and pinion focuser accepts 2" eyepieces and accessories with an adapter. The SPHINX SXD equatorial mount and STARBOOK controller have been intelligently engineered for high-speed automatic location of celestial objects. It is now possible to explore the beauty of the night sky with greater ease and stability. The SPHINX comes standard with built in motors and the world's first star chart go-to controller STARBOOK with a large full color LCD display. The Sphinx s design is exceptional and the exterior styling is equally attractive. Vixen's Sphinx SXD Mount is designed with improved rigidity and precision movements. The SXD features solid steel motors thrust bearings and smooth RA and DEC motors. Main features of the STAR BOOK controller: Large color liquid crystal display. (4.7 inch 320x420 pixels STN 4096 colors) High Speed Internal CPU (32 bit RISC processor 75MHz 8MB SDRAM 4MB Flash ROM upgradeable) Zoom-In/Out buttons for the color star chart display also control the motor speed. As you zoom in closer to an object on the display the motor speed becomes finer and as you zoom out the motor speed increases to cover larger distances. Features and menu options are displayed on the large color screen and are navigated with simple buttons on the