Vixen Telescope AXD2-AX103S
Specifications
Mount
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R.A slow motion
Worm and wheel gears with 270-tooth whole circle micro movement, 135mm in diameter, made of brass
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Dec slow motion
Worm and wheel gears with 216-tooth whole circle micro movement, 108mm in diameter, made of brass
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Worm shaft gear
14.5mm in diameter, made of brass
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R.A axis
50mm in diameter, made of A7075 super aluminum-alloy
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Dec. axis
50mm in diameter, made of A7075 super aluminum-alloy
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Number of bearings
21 pieces
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Counterweight bar
25mm in diameter, retractable
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On-screen R.A display / Setting circle
10 arc minute increments / 1 arc minute increment with vernier
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On-screen Dec display / Setting circle
2 degrees increments / 10 minutes (0.167 degrees) increments with vernier
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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.
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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
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Azimuth adjustment
Fine adjustments with twin screw knobs about 1.0 degree per rotation, adjustable range about +/- 7 degrees
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Motor drive
Pulse motors with micro-step motion control (400 pps)
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Star chart go-to
Automatic go-to slewing and high precision tracking with STAR BOOK TEN, 800× of sidereal rate at maximum slewing speed
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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.
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Controller port
D-sub9pin male connector
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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)
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Dimensions
457mm×465mm×152mm
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Weight
25 kg (without counterweight)
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Counterweights
1.5kg×1, 7kg×1
Optical tube assembly
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Objective lens, effective aperture
103mm, triplet SD apochromatic, multicoated
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Focal length (Focal ratio)
825mm (F8.0)
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Resolving power / Limiting magnitude
1.13 arc seconds / 11.8
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Light gathering power
217×unaided eye
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Dimensions / Weight
115mm dia×762mm long (retractable to 670mm long), 6.4kg (Net 4.6kg)
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Finder scope
7×50mm with dar-field illuminated reticle, 7 degrees field of view
Eyepiece part
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Adapter threads / Visual back
60mm, 42mm for T-ring / 50.8mm and 31.7mm push fitwith flip mirror diagonal
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Eyepiece (31.7mm)
Optional
Tripod
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Tripod legs
Large aluminum pipe legs 55mm thick, extendable
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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
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Photography
Usable with Prime focus, Eyepiece projection and Afocal imaging
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Solar observation
Available with Sun projection screen set B
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Total weight
55.3kg