Vixen VMC260L 260mm, 10.2" f/11.5 Catadioptric Telescope with Accessories, White OTA Only
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This 10.2 inch telescope has the increasingly popular layout of the correcting plate transformed into lenses in the light path of the secondary mirror. It has dielectric coatings, which are durable and maintain their reflectivity, and is amazingly light (22 lbs), with the usual quality Vixen build. It is easy to collimate and maintains collimation (I have it permanently mounted). With this scope you can see the companion of Antares, the spiral arms of M51 and the "propellers" (dust lanes)...
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Vixen VMC260L catadioptric reflector telescope with Vixen/GP dovetail mount. It is a catadoptric reflector telescope with 260mm primary mirror and 3000mm focal length (F/11.5) with a very low weight, only 12Kg. Optics have dielectric coating capable to deliver highest reflectivity and durabiity. Completely made in Japan!
This version comes with 7x50 optical finder with illumination and support bracket, Flip Mirror, handle.
Optical scheme has been desigend by Vixen (VMC stands for Vixen Maksutov-Cassegrain): high precision F/2.5 spherical primary mirror F/2.5, spherical secondary with addition of a meniscus doublet correcting lens capable to deliver a large flat field free of spherical aberration. The optical scheme belongs to the sub-aperture Maksutov-Cassegrain family.
When used with the dedicated 0.62x focal reducer this instrument transforms into a powerful astrograph with a field corrected for APS-C sensors. When used at secondary focus at full focal length it is a superb visual instruments both for high resolution observations at high magnifications as well as for deep-sky objects. Excellent also as a high resolution imaging platform for planets, the Moon and the Sun.