[1800mm] The Tripod is a perfect match with my Porta II mount and very stable with my ES AR102. These are my first Vixen products and very happy with their portability. Only draw back was the extremely long wait on the tripod!

[23.55 lb] Excellent package--got as first scope for beginning astronomer. Wanted a large aperture scope at a reasonable price. Optics superb for the price of this combination mount/optical tube assembly. Altazmith mount is superb, with fine adjustments for tracking. The total combination is easily portable.

[23.55 lb] Excellent Newtonian for imaging and viewing. No false color and I did not do any collimation. It worked out if the box.
I have taken cool pictures of Orion Nebula, Rosette Nebula, Horsehead nebula, Pleiades when mounted on a GEM.
I can upload these images if BH can facilitate.
The porta mount is another excellent piece and highly recommend for alt azimuth viewing. Light sturdy and design is excellent.

[393x] I have many astronomical telescopes and this one has become one of my favorites,! Powerful and very handy to use, easy to balance on the mount, and having crisp clear optics is an important plus! Very fine optics from Vixen in Japan. Awesome product!

[1800mm] This plate REALLY IDEAL match with my Vixen Porta II mount and make possible mounting my OTA Sky Watcher 4.5' Neutonian. Together with Vixen Red Point Finder and Vixen Eyepieces it makes perfect system for visual observation - very simple, convenient, stable. In fact, I purchased completely new telescope for just$!

[23.55 lb] The Vixen VMC200L offers excellent value in a telescope. The 200mm primary mirror provides nearly 8 of aperture, which provides sufficient light grasp to observe many astronomical objects. Focusing is done via a smooth operating rack and pinion focuser with a 2 drawtube so the primary mirror does not move while focusing and there is absolutely zero image shifting while focusing as a result. Also unlike a more common SCT, the tube is not enclosed by a corrector plate, which allows the scope to cool down (reach ambient temperature) significantly faster than an enclosed SCT or MCT. Also, no corrector plate reduces the dewing issue unless the humidity is extremely high and the wind is calm. The included attached metal handle makes mounting the optical tube to a GEM much more convenient and feels a lot safer holding the scope while securing the dovetail. Although the spider vanes holding the secondary are fairly thick, the structure holds collimation well and the scope was delivered without need for of collimation. Also this made in Japan optical tube is backed by a Vixen 5 year warranty.

[7.9" / 200mm] Bought this polar meter to use with my recent purchase of the vixen polarie star tracker.... so easy to align with the north star, buy one of these if you want easy alignment with polarie star... mind you later on I will purchase the polar scope...

[2.4" / 60 mm] Couple this adapter with the Vixen 2” flip-mirror for an ideal combo. Allows easy stable switching between eyepiece sizes and easy framing for your image.

[23.55 lb] You need this adapter when using Vixen Flip mirror in order to use 2 eyepieces.

[f/9.0] I am just getting started in astronomy, and this is my first telescope. It was a priority that the kit be lightweight and portable, as well as high quality. This kit fills the bill. Much easier to take outside for a few minutes than a dob. Both the OTA and the Porta II mount are excellent quality. The new Porta II mount is already legend among amateur astronomers, as it is VERY stable/well made. The EPs included by Vixen are *not* NPL plossls as the website suggests- instead they are a no name plossl set and are not as high a quality as the NPLs. (I have since acquired an NPL- which is great.) The included EPs are adequate but not great. The kit was very well packed by Vixen and was easy to set up. While instructions were included, I didn't need them, and I'm a beginner. The scope is intuitive to use. I haven't used it as much as I would like yet, due to cloudy skies, but with what little I've seen it seems the scope arrived well collimated. I would buy this kit again.