Archive for December, 2007

Intane Optics’ Dovetail Plate expands your options

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Intane Optics’ Dovetail Plate expands your options: you can now choose a fully-anodized, Intane product to mount your telescopes on Vixen-style mounts easily.

Features

  • This new Vixen-style dovetail plate has been designed to fit our EAZY-Touch Alt-Az mount perfectly. Fully anodized to last longer and look better.
  • Large enough to accommodate mounting or guiding rings safely.
  • You can position it on your mount in a more forward or backward position, as desired. This allows additional balancing flexibility.
  • Fits Vixen mounts (Great Polaris, Sphinx) and Synta mounts (EQ-series), and other compatible mounts, such as William Optics EAZY-Touch Alt-Az Mount, Meade LXD-55 and LXD-75 mounts, Celestron CG-5 or Advanced Series go-to mounts
  • Precision-machined out of solid aluminum, black anodized for great looks and life-long durability.
  • Light but sturdy, mount any scope on it easily!.
  • Wt.475g, Length 195mm, thickness 30mm, 92mm wide

Vixen-style dovetail plate

Vixen-style dovetail plate

Horse Head Nebula thru Starviewer 80ED

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Time: At 23:00 Dec 13, 2007
Location: Hui Dong, GuangDong, China
P
hotographer: Wei Huang
Refractor
:Intane Starviewer 80ED
Mount: Vixen Sphinx SXW
Camera: Canon 350D Baader IR Filter Modified
Guide: Mizar GT68(D=68mm,f=600mm)+ Vixen GA4+ Mizar Or6
Exposure: ISO1600
9mins X 24frames
Dark frames
:9 frames
Processing: Aligned in Maxim DL, processed in Photoshop
(Level and gamma adjust, curve adjust )
Weather : a little foggy, transparency fine. 
Naked eye limiting magnitude: 6

Horse Head Nebula thru Starviewer 80ED 

Our distributor in New Zealand:

Friday, December 14th, 2007

NZ IMPORTS
42
George Point Road
Whangarei

New Zealand

Mr. Tony Kwak
Tel: 64-9-4363146
Fax: 64-9-4363148
Email: one@xtra.co.nz
http://www.nzimports.co.nz/astro.htm

M45 final

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Time: At 20:00 Dec 2, 2007
Location: Hui Dong, GuangDong, China
Photographer: Wei Huang
Target: M45
Refractor
:Intane Starviewer 80ED
Mount: Vixen Sphinx SXW
Camera: Canon 350D Baader IR Filter Modified
Guide: Mizar GT68(D=68mm,f=600mm)+ Vixen GA4+ Mizar Or6
Exposure: ISO1600 10mins X 15frames
Dark frames
:14 frames
Processing: Aligned in Maxim DL, processed in Photoshop
         
(Level and gamma adjust, curve adjust )
Weather : Very foggy, Poor transparency.
Naked eye limiting magnitude: less than 5

m45-final Thru Intane Starviewer 80ED

Intane Starviewer 80ED