Farpoint Vixen Dovetail Plate - Celestron 9.25 Inch SCT

Product Overview

The Farpoint FVC9.25S is a complete Vixen-style dovetail kit for the Celestron 9.25″ SCT in its 2008-and-later form. It supplies the 17.25″ V-size dovetail bar, the radius blocks machined to the 9.25″ tube, and the mounting screws that join them, so the tube gains a V-size interface that drops into any Vixen-style saddle. Everything is CNC-machined in the USA from aluminum with a black anodized finish, and the kit has a published weight of 1.813 lb.

Who It's For

This is a good match if you have a post-2008 Celestron 9.25″ SCT and a mount with a Vixen-style saddle, if you are moving the tube off a fork arm onto a German equatorial, or if the original bar on the tube has been damaged or lost and you want the full kit rather than parts of it.

Key Features & Design

• Complete kit: the 17.25″ dovetail bar, radius blocks and mounting screws ship together.
• 17.25″ bar length: a long clamping run along the saddle, which gives room to slide the tube fore and aft for balance.
• V-size (Vixen-style) profile: the narrower of the two common dovetail standards, found on most small and mid-size equatorial and alt-az mounts.
• Tube-matched radius blocks: machined to the 9.25″ tube curve so clamping load spreads across the contact face.
• Black anodized aluminum, CNC-machined in the USA: the anodized layer protects the mating surfaces where the bar meets the tube.

Mechanical Design

The kit forms a two-part interface. The radius blocks carry the curve of the 9.25″ tube on their lower faces and present a flat surface on top; the 17.25″ bar bolts across them through the tube's existing dovetail holes. Because the blocks sit at each end of the bar, the load path runs through two separated contact patches rather than through the bolt holes alone, and the bar itself resists flexure over the span between them. At 17.25″, the bar is long enough that the saddle clamp can be positioned well away from the tube's balance point when a camera train is added at the rear.

Recommended Uses

• Mounting a Celestron 9.25″ SCT on a German equatorial with a Vixen-style saddle.
• Rebalancing the tube fore and aft when a diagonal, focuser or camera changes the centre of gravity.
• Replacing a bar that has been marred by saddle set screws.
• Setting up a visual or imaging rig where the tube moves between mounts that share the V-size standard.

Compatibility and Accessory Notes

The kit fits the Celestron 9.25″ SCT optical tube assembly in its newer form, meaning tubes from 2008 onward; pre-2008 9.25″ tubes use a 19″ bar instead. The bar is V-size (Vixen-style) and mates with any mount carrying a Vixen-style saddle. Farpoint also offers an armored-strip version of this kit, in which a stainless steel strip runs along the clamped edge — relevant where a saddle clamps with a set screw, since a point-loaded screw marks bare aluminum over time and the resulting pits can introduce play. If you are unsure whether your 9.25″ is a pre- or post-2008 tube, or which saddle standard your mount uses, send us the model and we'll check the fit for you.

Good to Know Before You Order

• Vintage-specific. The 17.25″ bar in this kit corresponds to the 2008-and-later 9.25″ tube; earlier tubes take the 19″ version.
• Bare aluminum clamping edge. This kit has no stainless armored strip; the armored version covers saddles that clamp with set screws.
• Vixen standard only. A mount with a D-size (Losmandy-style) saddle takes a D-size bar, or a saddle that accepts both profiles.
• Published weight is 1.813 lb. Shipping weight is rounded up to 2 lb.
• Screws included. The kit ships with its own mounting screws, so no separate hardware order is involved.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it difficult to install?

The blocks and bar attach through the tube's existing dovetail holes with the supplied screws and ordinary hex keys. It is bench work of a few minutes with the tube laid on a soft surface.

What does this kit do?

It gives a post-2008 Celestron 9.25″ SCT a Vixen-style (V-size) dovetail interface, so the tube drops into any V-size saddle.

How is the armored-strip version different?

It adds a stainless steel strip along the clamped edge of the bar, which suits saddles that clamp with a set screw rather than a broad jaw.

What mounts will this work with?

Any mount with a Vixen-style (V-size) saddle, which covers most small and mid-size equatorial and alt-az mounts.

Bottom Line

In short: the FVC9.25S is the complete V-size mounting kit for a 2008-or-later Celestron 9.25″ SCT — a 17.25″ anodized bar, matched radius blocks and screws, 1.813 lb, machined in the USA.