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VMC110L on SkyPod Mount
The ultimate travel package! Super-portable 110mm (4.3") Vixen Maksutov-Cassegrain (VMC) OTA weighs under 5 lbs. Paired with the small but powerful Skypod, you'll be checking out over 20,000 deep sky objects from any location! The VMC100L sports a curved vane secondary mirror spider that reduces the effects of diffraction, and a built-in flip mirror that lets you change magnification easily or switch between photographic & visual use. The Skypod comes with the Starbook S, a unique, fully interactive scrolling star chart. Operates via internal batteries or optional 12V DC power supply. Comes with AL-130SP aluminum tripod, mounting hardware, red-dot finder, eyepiece, and more! - Vixen VMC110L 4.3
The Vixen VMC110L, a 110 mm (4.33 inch) aperture modified Cassegrain f/9.4 optical tube assembly . The VMC110L is intriguing in its own right with interesting features including curved vane Secondary Mirror Spider to reduce diffraction effects, and a correcting meniscus lens just ahead of the Secondary Mirror like its larger cousins the VMC200L and VMC260L incorporate.
The Skypod is a unique portable alt-azimuth computer controlled "Go To" mount that evolved from the very successful Vixen Sphinx mount. The Skypod incorporates a compact computer controlled Alt-Az system that automatically slews the telescope from one object to another. The 22,000 plus object data base provides an endless variety of objects to view and is upgradeable.
This new and portable GoTo travel mount uses the modified Starbook S hand controller that offers the same practical user concept of the Sphinx controller. A display shows a map of the sky so that you always know where you are.
The controller is integrated into the mount. You can take it off for remote control, but you can always put it back for save storage and transport. This means that for transport you can avoid all the separate small parts that are otherwise easily lost.
Because the Skypod it is based on Vixens flexible mounting system, a wide variety of telescopes will easily and quickly attach to this mount. Skypod provides good portability combined with ease of use and versatility. You can store the mount and the telescope separately. For airline traveling you can take the VMC110L along as carry-on luggage while the mount goes with the rest of your luggage.
The supplied flip mirror system is threaded for two-inch filters.
Optical System VMC (Vixen's original Maksutov-Cassegrain) Primary mirror Precision spherical mirror Effective aperture 110mm Focal length (focal ratio) 1035mm (f/9.4) Resolving power 1.05 arc seconds Limiting magnitude 12.0 Maximum Practical Magnification 247x Finder Red Dot finder Dimensions Outer diameter: 125mm, length: 360mm Weight 2.1kgs Accessories Eyepiece PL-25mm (31.7mm), Allen wrench Price $1299.00
