Vixen Scope and GP Mount - Anyone get it?

[Stu]

Was watching out of interest to see how much this went for on eBay. Not a bad price in the end, £310. Lovely scope and mount, someone got a nice setup!

Anyone on here get lucky?  

[russ]

I was watching that too but forgot to check how it was doing. Good price indeed. 

[Stu]

Long way to go from down here! Hopefully someone close got it.

[wookie1965]

Is that the vixen gp mount the same as the EQ5. What size is the scope. I have been looking out for a 5 or 6 inch refractor see what prices are. 

[Fozzie]

Wasn't me be can't say I wasn't severely tempted.. good couple of hours each way but worth it! Think someone got a bargain..

[Fozzie]

Just now, wookie1965 said:

Is that the vixen gp mount the same as the EQ5. What size is the scope. I have been looking out for a 5 or 6 inch refractor see what prices are. 

It was the 4 inch f10 achro... nice scope!

[Stu]

Yep, I reckon anything up to £400 would have been worth paying, looks in excellent condition, very lovely scope.

[wookie1965]

55 minutes ago, Fozzie said:

It was the 4 inch f10 achro... nice scope!

My friend Nick has same scope I have the 4" Tal so would not be an improvement but that price is a steal. 

[F15Rules]

The Vixen GP mount is far superior to the EQ5, a different class of engineering.

I followed with interest, not as a buyer as I have a Vixen 4" apo already, but out of interest as the vendor was only 10 miles away.

The eyepieces (or a couple of them at least ) were Meade Plossls, so almost certainly Series 3000 with the green lettering.

The GP mount was branded Orion Optics from when they were the UK distributor, I think back in the '80s..So the outfit probably came from Orion and probably cost at least £700-£800 all in when new- a lot of money around 30 or more years ago.

Good luck to whoever got it??.

Dave 

 

[tich]

I haven't watched anything astro on Ebay for ages now as most seem to go for a lot more than they're worth on there, but that isn't a bad price at all.

[JAO]

Someone got a very good buy there, this scope was the King of Achromats in its time. I bought one new in 1991, for £1099. This didn't include drives which were an additional £270. I sold it some years ago and regret not keeping the mount. The Japanese made GP is in a very different league to Chinnese copies.  I'd be happy to pay that money for just the mount, the OTA is a bonus!