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Vixen Itsy Bitsy 80mm Short Tube When it comes to telescopes, small is nirvana; for me. After about a month, big telescopes become a burden, a hassle to setup, and take up too much storage space.

Now big is fine if one has an observatory, abundant clear skies, and the security to safeguard the stuff. No Virginia, I cannot make that commitment. So give me small, out of the way, and easy on the go. These are the telescopes that inspire, stir curisoity, and are frequently used. Smallville Why am I stuck in a seemingly sub-100mm telescope rut? First there was the Vixen 70S guide scope, then the Stellarvue 1010N Nighthawk, and now the Vixen 80SS (400mm, f/5) short tube; all achromatic refractor's. Well, I have a fondness for Vixen, and have rarely been disappointed with Vixen equipment.

The appeal of the A80SSWT resulted from the following features:. Compact (14.4' long with dewcap extended) and Lightweight ( OTA only 4 lbs). Two inch focuser drawtube. Ability to use on Questar Duplex Mount. Ability to use Telescope Parts and Adapters (e.g. Complete accessory interchangeability with the Stellarvue 1010N Nighthawk Refractor. Construction Overview This little Vixen comes ready to use sans eyepiece.

The included accessories are a flip-mirror diagonal, and a red-dot projection finder. The OTA is painted white with royal blue trim; matching the color scheme of the Vixen Sphinx telescope configuration. Although I mainly have Vixen GP green, I do not find the color a problem.

The OTA comes with the Vixen dovetail foot to mount on any Vixen equatorial mount. The foot is held in place with two screws side-by-side. I found it necessary to reverse the foot to aid in balancing a Nikon DSLR camera body. If the foot is removed, it reveals a third 1/4-20 tapped hole, that will allow mounting the 80SS on a standard photo tripod. The dewcap (DC) tube does not slide to and fro like on the Takahashi Sky 90 or Stellarvue Nighthawk. The 80SS dewcap tube slips over the telescope tube for storage, but when removed, it is screwed onto the lens cell to form the dewcap.

This arrangement is pretty neat. The DC does not rattle when it is in the reversed stored position. The lens cap consists of two caps. The lens cap has a 42mm hole (includes its own cap) in the center; probably for stopped down solar viewing. There is a warning label on the tube about pointing the telescope at the sun. The 80SS is configured to take a variety of finders.

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The cast part of the OTA containing the Rack and Pinion focuser, has a slot and screw to accept the Orion finder dovetail foot. Another area has pre-drilled and tapped holes spaced 21mm apart.

This is the same spacing on Celestron C8 finder mounts, and the Orion dovetail finder bases. The filp-mirror diagonal straight-through view, contains a T-thread (M42 x.75) when the 1.25' eyepiece tube is removed. One curiosity, is the front of the flip-mirror diagonal has an i.d. That is a hair larger than 48mm. This results in not being able to screw-in 2' filters (but they can easily be secured with Scotch tape).

I found this wierd; especially for a telescope that is designed with photography in mind. The instruction brochure was in katakana (Japanese Script), so I had to translate looking at the drawings and photos. These new-line Sphinx telescopes are still filtering in from Japan, as mine had serial number 260 on the box, and it took four weeks to get the 80SS after ordering from Adorama.

The R&P focuser tube is 50.8mm i.d., so many accessories are available for both visual and photographic use. The drawtube has an internal M60 thread, when the 50.8mm adapter is removed. The R&P focuser is very smooth, and there is a locking screw atop the focuser casting.

The main tube has a 90mm o.d. And screws onto the focuser casting. This same casting shared by the rest of the 80mm Vixen SX series telescopes. The telescope is marked Made in Japan, whereas the flip-mirror diagonal is marked Made in China. The red-dot projection finder had no markings, but this has to be the Lexus of projection finders. I have used the chinese imports, Rigel, and other projection finders, but none can compare with the model included with the 80SS.

The solid robust construction, large graduated illumination dial, and large adjustment dial to name a few features. The foot will fit in Orion dovetail finder bases.

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The 80SS and accessories are all aluminum construction. The only plastic you will see are on the R&P focus and Red-dot finder adjustment knobs. NOTE: The 60mm to 2-inch adapter can easily be modified for a compression ring if you have a small lathe. In this case, a compression ring was made by purchasing a strip of brass from a hobby store measuring.016 x.500 x 12'.

The brass was cut to a size of.016 x.312 x 6' for the compression strip. The adapter was mounted on the 3-jaw lathe chuck of a Chinese-made 7 x 10'. Using a boring bar, the inner diameter of the adapter was under-cut to a depth of.016' by 5/16 inch to accept the brass compression strip.

This is an easy task even for the novice metal lathe user. NOTE II: As of July 2005, Vixen has been quick to respond to photographic possibilities of the A80SS refractor. Two accessories are now available 1) 66mm long, 60mm threaded extension tube (# 2956) and 2) 60mm to T-Threaded adapter (# 0562) that is rotatable. Using these devices, any SLR or DSLR camera will be mountable with the required Camera T-mount adapter; guaranteed to reach focus too.

Unlike some competeing telescopes, the A80SS has a flat photographic FOV, and enough in-travel to allow the use accessories like bino-viewer's. The Vixen T-adapter means your SLR or DSLR camera will not need an adapter with a compression ring holder to support it.