Vixen - A80SS 80mm Achromatic Refractor Telescope Package with PortaMount

If you are in the mind to own a quality telescope that is designed for travel, there is nothing
better than the A80SS. It’s our newest short focal length 80mm refractor. This is a great
cross-over astronomical and terrestrial scope.

The A80SS is extremely portable. It is small enough to be mounted on a photo tripod for the
casual astronomical / terrestrial observer with enough aperture for excellent deep sky viewing.
The optical tube comes standard with our red dot finder, 2” focuser, flip mirror diagonal and
dovetail tube plate for quick and easy mounting.

At less than 11” with dew shield flipped, the Vixen A80SS is the ultimate grab-n-go travel scope!


TELESCOPE SPECIFICATIONS

•	Design: Refractor, Achromatic
•	Objective Diameter: 80mm
•	Focal Length: 400mm  F/5
•	Finder Scope: Red Dot Finder
•	Focuser: 2” Rack and Pinion 
•	Built in Dew Shield
•	Weight: 5 lbs (Extreme Portability!)

 

PortaMounts

For so many years the beginning astronomer was forced to buy a mount that was
unstable and almost useless when viewing at high power. More often than not,
the frustration of using an unstable mount resulted in the telescope only
being used for one night and being left in a closet to collect dust. The
Porta mount changes all that. It is one of our proudest designs. The
combination of smooth movement, rigid design and stable platform makes your
first use a pleasure and will bring you back to view more and more of the
night sky.

The PORTA comes equipped with two fine adjustment handles for whole circle
slow motion in both directions. It is useful for fine motion used in
searching and tracking of celestial objects. In addition it is a great mount
for terrestrial viewing. Our gear drives it make it a simple matter to
precisely track a planet or a ship on the horizon by simply turning the
elevation and or azimuth control handles. The “World-Standard” dovetail
attachment system on PORTA was developed by Vixen. This allows the PORTA to
accept various dovetail mounted optical tubes and binoculars.

MOUNT SPECIFICATIONS

•	Continuous Slow-Motion Manual Control
•	Unique Lockless System
•	Full Height Tripod: Max 57 inches to Min 37 inches
•	Weight Capacity: 15 lbs
•	Mount Weight: 4.5 lbs
•	Includes Center Tray
•	Clutch System fully adjustable with hidden tool set