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 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.

Clear Skies,

MrStarGuy

Details

The Vixen PORTA and New Mini-Porta come equipped with two fine adjustment handles for whole circle slow motion in both directions, very useful in searching and tracking celestial objects. In addition, these are great mounts for terrestrial viewing. Our gear drives 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. Specifications:

	PORTA	MINI-PORTA
Mount Type	Altazimuth Mount
Vertical and Horizontal slow motion	120 tooth wheel gears whole circle movement
Optical tube attachment	Dovetail plate attachment system
Maximum load weight	20 lbs	10 lbs
Weight	5.5 kg/ 12 lbs including tripod	6lbs including tripod
Tripod	Aluminum 2 section adjustable tripod, legs adjustable from 90cm to 130cm
	Item #3992 $299.00	Item #3992mini $199.00

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
Item #3942 - Camera Tripod Adapter (1/4 in. thread) $59.95		Item #8800 - Long flexible slow motion handle. $24.95		Item #38011 - Adapter to hold a field scope or large binocular. $99.95		Item #5460 - Sstorage tray for eyepieces and equipment. $29.95