Often considered to be the original short tube 80, this scope/tripod combo can serve as the ultimate backyard grab & go unit, a travel scope, or a conversation piece perched on an executive desk (or all of the above). Highly collectible and extremely rare, these sets come up for sale maybe once every few years — and almost never in this close to like-new condition.

• Classic late-1980s/early-1990s Vixen white & green livery (estimated date of manufacture circa early 1990s)
  
  
• Scope visual back and all accessories are in original 0.965 format; can be converted for use with 1.25-inch accessories by purchasing hybrid 0.965-to-1.25 diagonal (not included in this listing); **see separate NRO listing for grab bag of 0.965 accessories**
  
  
• Very sturdy and well built, with metal lens cell and R & P focuser and very little plastic to be seen, this scope sold new for a workingman's weekly wages 30 years ago 

Listing includes:

• Vixen Planet 80S achromatic refractor; 80mm/400mm (F5) with 6mm x 30mm finder scope (length from tip to visual back, 13 inches)
  
  
• Vixen Planet 80S Tripod with detachable legs (height, 13 inches)
  
  
• All original front/rear caps for scope, finder scope, and all accessories
  
  
• All original accessories (90-degree prism diagonal, porro prism erect image diagonal, 10mm Kellner eyepiece, 2X barlow lens, 2 focus tube extenders)
  
  
• Original Styrofoam-padded silver vinyl carrying case (16 x 13 x 6 inches) and cardboard accessory box
  
  
• Original instruction manual, setup sheet, warranty card, and Planisphere