Vixen Sphinx SXD Mount 2503 has changes under the hood that are huge! Vixen has incorporated one piece hardened steel RA and DEC shafts with needle bearings throughout, the new Sphinx D Telescope Mount can handle a load capacity up to 50 lbs. The Vixen Sphinx D comes complete with PEC and the incredibly accurate SX Polar Finder Scope. Astronomers with larger telescope optical tubes and all level of astrophotographers are sure to feel right at home with the intuitive controls that so many have become accustomed to with the standard Vixen Sphinx SXW Mount 2502. Its 4.7" Color LCD Display gives an exact position against its scrolling star chart, any object is a point and look away! The innovative Vixen STAR BOOK hand controller offers astronomical navigation with a large full-color LCD screen! The color LCD screen is a detailed star chart that acts as a navigational and GOTO guide for the mount. Zoom-In/Out buttons for the color star chart display also control the motor speed. As you zoom in closer to an object on the display screen, the motor speed automatically becomes finer and as you zoom out the motor speed increases to cover larger distances.

Features of Vixen SXD Mount:

• Solid Steel RA and DEX Axis shafts
• Needle Bearings
• 180 Tooth Brass Worm Gear in both axes
• Interactive Starbook with a 4.7" Color LCD Display - scrolls and zoom into detailed star charts
• Mount Capacity 50 lbs.
• Includes one 4.2 lb and one 8.2 lb counterweight
• Weight: 8.8 kg/ 19.4 lbs
• Full Go-To capabilities to over 22,000 objects
• Universal GP Plate receiver allows many telescopes to mount
• Completely upgradeable firmware and comet database

Package Contents:

• Vixen 2503 Telescope mount

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