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Vixen Telescope AXD2-AX103S

Vixen Telescope AXD2-AX103S

Specifications
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
  • Objective lens, effective aperture
    103mm, triplet SD apochromatic, multicoated
  • Focal length (Focal ratio)
    825mm (F8.0)
  • Resolving power / Limiting magnitude
    1.13 arc seconds / 11.8
  • Light gathering power
    217×unaided eye
  • Dimensions / Weight
    115mm dia×762mm long (retractable to 670mm long), 6.4kg (Net 4.6kg)
  • Finder scope
    7×50mm with dar-field illuminated reticle, 7 degrees field of view
Eyepiece part
  • Adapter threads / Visual back
    60mm, 42mm for T-ring / 50.8mm and 31.7mm push fitwith 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
    Available with Sun projection screen set B
  • Total weight
    55.3kg
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