New NA140 arrives.

[FlashDrive]

After a 2 month wait .....my Baby has arrived...:thumbsup:
A beautiful Vixen NA140 f/5.7 .....weighing in at 6kg's....

Just as well these are double boxed.....dint on side of the outer carton....1st Photo

and guess what..........overcast and rain is forecast ....:(

Flash.......

[Kunama]

Very nice Chrissy pressie Col !!!

[MattT]

Very nice Flash. Bit small isn't it?
Now this is a scope...gave birth to this on Saturday and no clouds at all.....:eyepop:
A healthy 150mm f12 Istar weight at birth....14.7kg.
Cheers mate enjoy your new baby.
Matt

[FlashDrive]

:lol: ...yeah ...fair enough...;)
Mine weights in at a light 6kg's :D

Flash............:D

[FlashDrive]

Yes....sure is ...now a chance to use it ...overcast now..

Flash...;)

[RickS]

Nice looking scope. What does "neo achromat" mean?

[Shark Bait]

They're not clouds Flash. It's just the sky gods drooling over your new scope. Looking forward to the first light report.

[omegacrux]

Very nice scopes Matt & Col , makes my little 80X900 vixen look like a toy .
They would be fantastic too look through , enjoy

David

[FlashDrive]

Because of the design (a four element Petzval arrangement), the field is flatter than a regular doublet lens would be

There are 2 ' elements ' at the front of the tube.....and 2 ' elements ' at the rear of the tube just in front of the focuser.

Hope this helps....

[Larryp]

Looks very impressive, Col! I look forward to hearing yours thoughts on it :thumbsup:

[FlashDrive]

Thanks Rick.....see my reply.



Thanks Stu' .....itching to use her...still overcast and rain forecast for the next few days :(



Hey Dave....yes she has a 5.5" Aperture and just oh so nice to look through.

Col......

[RickS]

Thanks, Col. I'm familiar with the Petzval design. I have a Tak FSQ-106ED. I was just wondering why the Vixen is not an apochromat. Does it mean they used the extra degree of freedom to correct something else?

Cheers,
Rick.

[FlashDrive]

Laurie.....this is a beautiful Scope.... ' WOW ' is the only word I can describe when you look through one..... had to have another one.....so I bought a brand new one.....

Col.....:D

[FlashDrive]

Yes.....colour correction and a ' flatter ' field......

see pic's ....also a 5.5" inch APO would be a heck of a lot more $$$$ than this Achromat Scope.
Primarily...this Scope will be for visual use only....very nice wide field flat views with good colour correction.

Col...

[RickS]

Just looked at the OPT price. Looks like they used the extra degree of freedom to reduce cost which is a perfectly good compromise to make. An affordable refractor with that large an aperture is a good deal!

[FlashDrive]

I've had a lot of good Scopes over the years....TeleVue...SharpStars....Wi lliam Optic's....Astro-Tech's...Meade....but there was something that didn't quite satisfy my ' niche ' ....until I bought one of these ...Vixen NA140.

This WILL stay with me ...and be my main viewing instrument....and will possibly be the ' last ' refractor I will buy....I have found my ' perfect ' Scope.

Col............:thumbsup:

[JRC]

and there are some pictures of the moon in Solar System

[MortonH]

Hey everyone, Colin says he will never sell this scope. And the betting starts at... :P

[Stardrifter_WA]

Hi Flash,

You hedged your bet there with the word "possibly" I see Col :lol:

Glad to hear it has finally arrived though, a great looking scope.

Cheers Pete

[matt_rego79]

Great looking scope.

[brian nordstrom]

:shrug:Oh well as we are all drooling over this lovely Vixen and all us refractor guys have seen and been so impressed with your new scope Colin ( as I am ,bet it has the new car smell ? ) , I might as well wade in , my 127mm f8 Istar about the same size as your beauty man , yours looks so nice :hi: . .its spanking
and I like Peter will hedge my bets , but it will take some topping as a visual scope I would think , congratulations on this new scope , its a beauty .
Hope the clouds bugger off soon for you Flash .
Brian

[DavidU]

Awesome !:thumbsup:

[FlashDrive]

Go on then :P ...your gonna lose....:D



Yeah I did ....didn't I ....possibly buy another Scope :rolleyes:...BUT not sell the Vixen..



Thanks Matt....very nice indeed.....lovely ' Glass ' in it.



Hey Brian.....nice to hear from you....The Istar's a beauty to...love my Vixen.

It took a while to find the Scope I am satisfied with and to keep.....A Refractor with decent Aperture....good colour correction....light weight...very well made......highly recommended to all. :thumbsup:

Col......:D

[MortonH]

Only kidding, Col. She looks a beauty alright!

[andrew2008]

When Col does decide to sell I call dibs, this scope has always appealed to me.

How does that mount handle the load?

[JRC]

Its a beautiful scope Col!

I took some pictures of the moon with my new 140 NA SS and put them on Inages / solar system / waxing crescent. There are comparisons with other scopes i have. I'd be interested in anyone's comments on these

[FlashDrive]

Very well in fact ....Scope only weights 6kg's.....I gave the Scope a reasonable ' bump ' ...settled within a second .....that'll do me until I can sort maybe a pier or ' T-Rex ' combination......not a fan of Equatorial Mounts.

Col.....

[Strawb]

Good for you Col.
They're a hard scope to beat - and to be without eh:)
I take mine out on an EQ3 steel tube with synscan - works just fine for visual.