Celestron (Vixen) refractor Super Polaris drive

Does any one know why Celestron, during the early 1990s, had their own Super Polaris drive system rather than using the Vixen drives with the metal housings? I have their drive systems without the metal housings and I wonder how do they compare to the Vixen drives?

Don

Don,

The only drive systems I am aware of that were sold by Celestron when they were selling the Super Polaris mount were the Vixen motors and controllers. There were two systems sold, the dual axis drive system and the single axis drive system.

The later drives used with the CG series mount were different and not made by Vixen. The CG5 drive system could be adapted to the SP mount.

Here is a picture of the Celestron/Vixen dual axis drive system sold for the Super Polaris mount. Note the bracket. Early SP mounts required this bracket to attach the dec motor. Later version of the SP had the bracket built in.

John

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