Re: [APML] R200SS was: 8" Reflector decent enough for prime focus AP?

["Shekhar Borde" <shekhar@prodigy.net>]

Do any of the Vixen scopes take OAGs or filters?

I have the R200SS and I like it for the most part.  One minor annoyance
is that it will not take an OAG (understandable at f/4).  A major annoyance
is that it will not take a filter.  There is no easy way to insert a filter in the
light path.  You have to hack something together -- like gluing in the filter
into the T-ring or devise something like a gel filter holder at the bottom of
the focuser tube (as Wil Milan did with his Epsilon).

BTW, I think that Orion has stopped selling (or at least listing) this scope.
I wonder why?

Shekhar

> Here in Europe the R200SS is readily available through several dealers.
>
> Here is the link to the part of the Vixen Home Page with some details:
>
> http://www.vixen-global.com/Telescopes/equi_mnt_reflectors.htm
>
> Later this year  they will come out with a R250SS
(http://www.koptic.co.jp/event/jtb2001_img/r250b.jpg)
>
> The VC200L is also a very capable photographic instrument at f/6 (with dedicated
reducer) and at f/9 (examples:
> http://www.inode.at/wasshuber/gallery/gallery.htm)
>
> with best regards
>
> Philipp Salzgeber
>
>


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