Vixen Great Polaris Equatorial DX Mount with Wood Tripod MT-GX-3813-W

Vixen Great Polaris Equatorial DX Mount with Ashwood Tripod MT-GX-3813-W is one of the most massive of the three Great Polaris series equatorial mounts manufactured by Vixen. To experienced astronomers, the word Vixen means the finest in equatorial mounts and the Vixen Great Polaris DX equatorial mount is the Telescope Accessories that has earned them this reputation. Today, the Vixen Great Polaris DX is the most widely used equatorial mount in use on premium grade Telescope Accessories. The Vixen Great Polaris DX mount achieves its precision from R.A. and Declination axes of durable steel with worm wheels of brass. This allows for Telescope Accessories loads 44% greater than the Vixen Great Polaris mount. To minimize the periodic motion, these gears are machined to twice the precision as that of the Vixen Great Polaris mount. All gears are individually inspected before assembly in Japan. The combination of rigid materials and precision machining dramatically increases the tracking accuracy of the Vixen Great Polaris DX mount. In short, there is no finer mount for astrophotography than the Vixen Great Polaris DX mount.

The Vixen Ashwood Tripod AM-5000 offers the superior dampening of wood and adds beauty to the Vixen Great Polaris Equatorial DX Mount.

Features of Vixen Great Polaris Equatorial DX Mount:

• 10kg (22.1 pound) load
• R.A. worm gear machined to 1 micron tolerance

Features of Vixen Ash wood tripod:

• Extend 97cm to 127cm (38" to 50")
• Great stability
• Two tightening clamps per leg.

Package MT-GX-3813W contents:

• Vixen Great Polaris Equatorial DX Mount body
• Ash wood tripod with black accessory tray
• Instruction manual
• Setting circles
• Internal illuminated polar axis scope with reticle for both hemispheres
• Bubble-level
• Fine adjustment knobs for altitude/azimuth
• One 3.7-kg (8.2-lb) and one 1.9-kg (4.2-lb) counter-weight

Recommended optional accessories:

• single or dual motor hand controllers
• Goto SkySensor 2000 system.
• Additional counterweights if adding telescopes over 6kg (13.2lb) at Vixen Telescope Accessories
• GP Half Pillar to elevate the mount when observing at the zenith with long tube refractors or Cassegrains.
• Telescope mount rings or dovetail