Vixen PORTA II Altazimuth Mount with Flex Handles

Catalog description

Vixen PORTA II Altazimuth Mount with Flex Handles, part number VIX270, is a discontinued product from the 2007–2011 catalog. It was last listed at $319.00.

The Porta II is a solid altimazimuth mount with a 20lb payload capacity features Slow Motion Flexible Handles to minimize vibrations and keep your view sharpvery useful in searching and tracking celestial objects. The mount head is easily removed to allow for a switch to a heavier tripod. In addition this is a great mount for terrestrial viewing. Our gear drives make it a simple matter to precisely track a planet or a ship on the horizon by 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. Five Year Warranty.

New features on the Porta II Mount:1 Bolt Standardized for easy Tripod changeFlexible HandlesAccessory TrayStandard Features:Slow Motion in both AxisNo Locks or ClutchesEasy Grab and GoLightweightRock SolidFor 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 changed all that. It is one of Vixen's 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 Universe Today says The PortaMount II is quality through and through it's not going to just fall apart on you and it would be oh-so-easy to adapt any number of other right to it just as easily as the R130Sf went into place.

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