Vintage Vixen SP102M F10 achromat purchase

[John]

2 hours ago, F15Rules said:

Lovely scope John, just a little shorter than the ED103s which is F7.7..maybe Steve/ @Saganite could post one of his ED103s dual mounted with Andromeda (his superb D&G 5" F15)☺️👍

Dave

Thanks Dave. My shortest refractor and one of the lightest and yet the only one that has a handle fitted. Must try harder ........

Nice to see Andromeda again @Saganite with it's Japanese friend

[lguise]

Some great photos! Steve I didn’t know you had purchased a Vixen, it looks very smart on the new mount with Andromeda. Looking forward to some viewing with you in the Autumn.

All the Best

Linton

[Saganite]

Hi Linton,

I purchased the Vixen last November just after selling the TakFC100.  The pair of beauties shown  came from Dave (f15 Rules).

You are both welcome anytime the sky obliges....

Edited July 6, 2021 by Saganite

[malc-c]

I had one of these back in the late 80's - Purchased from "Superscopes" in Bedford for well over a grand....Fantastic scope, but sadly I had to sell it a couple of years later to pay for my cars tax and insurance...

Your scope here is in showroom condition - not bad for a 30+ year old scope

[malc-c]

Went rummaging through some old photos.  The camera I had back in the day wasn't that great, so I tried a long exposure, which kind of worked if we had all remained still for five minutes

My Vixen 4" is arrowed with me to the right.  Taken at a public star party in Shephallbury Park, Stevenage....Circa 1987.  As you can see these Vixen 4" were quite popular at the time, with another to the right !

 

[AdeKing]

On 05/07/2021 at 20:59, F15Rules said:

Just an Awesome combination Steve!😎

Dave

A beautiful combination there Steve and a perfect combi for the AZ100.

[F15Rules]

I managed to find a really nice (looks like new) counterweight bar to replace the old one which was quite corroded. 

Also a nice polar finder scope which came off an old SP mount but fits the GP perfectly.

I've also added in a Skywatcher spreader bar and accessory tray to the old Unitron wooden tripod and this has really improved the stability when mounting the SP102 on it👍.

Just need to paint the white mount hub in green now, then should be about finished😉.

Dave

 

Edited July 25, 2021 by F15Rules
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[AdeKing]

Looking very nice Dave, the Wilko green will go nicely on the tripod hub.

Lovely clean counterweight bar to boot.

I did a similar mod with a TAL wooden tripod for the GP but was very fortunate and @Alan White kindly donated me a genuine Vixen tripod hub and I picked up a Berlebach spreader which proved a vast improvement over the original thin metal tray on the original tripod.

[Alan White]

17 minutes ago, AdeKing said:

Looking very nice Dave, the Wilko green will go nicely on the tripod hub.

Lovely clean counterweight bar to boot.

I did a similar mod with a TAL wooden tripod for the GP but was very fortunate and @Alan White kindly donated me a genuine Vixen tripod hub and I picked up a Berlebach spreader which proved a vast improvement over the original thin metal tray on the original tripod.

Nice guy me 😉

Of course I now have a set of wooden Vixen legs that need a tripod hub, came with a Vixen Alt-Az mount thats not very good, but the legs are fine, funny how things go over time.

By the way Ade, most happy I gave you the hub when I did and that you made fine use of it.

 

Edited July 25, 2021 by Alan White

[skybadger]

8 hours ago, Alan White said:

Nice guy me 😉

Of course I now have a set of wooden Vixen legs that need a tripod hub, came with a Vixen Alt-Az mount thats not very good, but the legs are fine, funny how things go over time.

By the way Ade, most happy I gave you the hub when I did and that you made fine use of it.

 

I have one. In white so probably eq5 rather than vixen . Interested ?

Edited July 26, 2021 by skybadger
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[Alan White]

5 hours ago, skybadger said:

I have one. In white so probably eq5 rather than vixen . Interested ?

Short answer, yes I am.