New NA140 arrives.

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

After a 2 month wait .....my Baby has arrived...
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.....
A healthy 150mm f12 Istar weight at birth....14.7kg.
Cheers mate enjoy your new baby.
Matt

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by MattT

Very nice Flash. Bit small isn't it?
A healthy 150mm f12 Istar weight at birth....14.7kg.
Matt

...yeah ...fair enough...
Mine weights in at a light 6kg's

Flash............

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by Kunama

Very nice Chrissy pressie Col !!!

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

Flash...

[RickS (Rick)]

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

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

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

[omegacrux (David)]

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

David

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by RickS

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

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 (Laurie)]

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

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by RickS

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

Thanks Rick.....see my reply.

Originally Posted by 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.

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

Originally Posted by omegacrux

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

David

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

Col......

[RickS (Rick)]

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.

Originally Posted by 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....

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by Larryp

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

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.....

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by 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.

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 (Rick)]

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!

Originally Posted by 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...

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

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............

[JRC (John)]

and there are some pictures of the moon in Solar System

[MortonH]

Originally Posted by 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............

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

[Stardrifter_WA]

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

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............

Hi Flash,

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

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

Cheers Pete

[matt_rego79 (Matt)]

Great looking scope.