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Product Description
Most dovetail plates can only satisfy a small number of predetermined attachments because there are a few build-in holes tapped into them. The Askar new narrow dovetail plate will allow much more potential attachments with its newly-designed holes and slots.
Sometimes you may find your tube rings or guiding rings can not fit the holes of some stock dovetail plates. In order to solve these awkwardness and inconvenience for our customers, Askar upgrades its Vixen-style dovetail plate. The slots drilled along or vertical to the length provide more possible spacing so the users may have more options and versatility in practical attachments. And more holes are tapped into the plate for the attachment of tube rings, guiding rings or cameras and other accessories that function with a tripod. They all can be easily connected to this Vixen-style narrow dovetail plate. Besides, the dovetail itself also fits the Vixen-style equatorial mounts.
There is a hole at the front and back end of the dovetail plate. Thread two screws respectively into the holes when placing the dovetail plate on an equatorial mount. This protecting system can effectively prevent the plate and the equipment attached onto it from slipping away.
The Askar Vixen-style universal dovetail plate is an ideal helper for rigorous and secure connection and placement. It caters to many attachments of accessories or optical apparatus that come with different dimensions or designs. This VDP200 model is 200mm long.
Customer Reviews
I'm just retrofitting all my old scopes, in this case a 20 year old 120mm Skywatcher achromatic, to fit on modern vixen mounts. Well machined and easily attached to the OTA rings. The rings screws are recessed into the plate so you can slide it onto the mount without the screws hitting the mounting clamp. Most plates don't have the recessed bottom.
All Star had the order in the mail the next business day.
I wrote a review on the
Askar Universal Vixen-Style Dovetail Plate 200 (VDP200)
On 04/24/2024. I made an unfortunate mistake and only choose one star for the review. I meant to rate it at five stars.. yea it's a great doveplate plate.
This dove plate is exceptional in design and functionality. It's a beautiful design, many mounting points and well made. A compliment to my AM3 using a small refractor or doing DSLR astrography using a camera and telephoto lens. The length of the dovetail is long enough to support a camera and large telephoto lens such as a Sigma 800 prime. I have been using products made by Askar and very impressed with their machining fit and finish. Thanks to the great staff at All-star for their help and discovery of this and other fine products. Thanks to Nicholas and his team. 🔭
Nice dovetail