New NA140 arrives.

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

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 . .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

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

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

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

[DavidU (Dave)]

Awesome !

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by MortonH

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

Go on then ...your gonna lose....

Originally Posted by Stardrifter_WA

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

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

Originally Posted by matt_rego79

Great looking scope.

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

Originally Posted by brian nordstrom

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 . .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

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.

Col......

[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 (John)]

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 (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by andrew2008

How does that mount handle the load?

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 (Dave)]

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.