Vixen VMC110L Modified Cassegrain Telescope with Porta II Mount

Vixen VMC110L Telescope with Porta II Mount

Here is one of the best multiple purpose grab and go telescopes that is as perfectly suited for looking at the stars as it is the bird in the tree half a mile away. With more light gathering capability than anything else in this price range and a extremely light weight at 4.6lbs, you might just forget you packed it with you to the top of that ridgeline (well okay maybe not!). 

Don’t let its diminutive size and weight fool you, many telescopes like this design are used for research around the globe and even outside our atmosphere!  You are sure to be blown away by its snap focus and razor like images.

The Vixen VMC110L, is a 110 mm (4.33 inch) aperture modified Cassegrain f/9.4 optical tube assembly . The VMC110L includes a built in flip mirror and comes with one eyepiece. With no corrector plate, the VMC110L features a small corrector lens ahead of the secondary mirror. This compact optical tube, with features found on our higher end telescopes, is a great pick up and go scope.

The PORTA II gives great performance when viewing objects at high magnification, the damping and vibration being significantly reduced as compared to other lesser quality telescope mounts.

• Optical System - VMC (Vixen's original Maksutov-Cassegrain)
• Primary mirror - Multi-coated precision spherical mirror 
• Effective aperture - 110mm
• Focal length (focal ratio) - 1035mm (f/9.4) 
• Resolving power - 1.05 arc seconds
• Limiting magnitude - 12,0
• Light gathering power - 247x
• Finderscope -  Dot finder (no magnifying power)
• Dimensions - Outer diameter: 125mm (4.6 in) length: 360mm (14 in)  
• Weight - 2.1kgs (4.6 lbs)   
• Accessories - Eyepiece PL-25mm (31.7mm), Allen wrench