Beautiful ota. Like you, I have the 200p newtonian. Then, I bought a 102mm f7 refractor acromat. For ease of use on balcony, and carry on for air travel. Seems refractors often come, after large newtonians.
Hey Chris i also think a 120mm acro is still good for alot people. Its still a good size and the longer version F8.3 FL color isnt too bad on the planets. cheers
Ahh yes a nice long refractor with good light grasp to boot, nice!! , must say a much underrated bit of kit in these days of fancy glass optics, I still have a smaller Prinz Astral 500 given to me by my brother in the mid 70s tucked away, I just loved sky watching with mates in my mums backyard, we could see the milky way then even living near to Portsmouth, Have fun atb Tom...
Hey thanks Tom! I'm hoping the Evo120 will make a good all round no fuss observing scope. I've also had the pleasure of owning a couple of classic circle T and circle K Japanese achros in the past and can totally understand why you have such fond memories : ) Thanks for your comment, and I'm hoping to have plenty of fun once these 3 back to back storms fizzle out.
Hey Chris! - that'll be really interesting for a lot of people I bet mate, one of these was actually my first scope for astrophotography! (mounted on an eq5 Pro goto) I cut my teeth on it and learned a lot, great scope, good fun 👍👍 Clear skies bud!!
No way! I didn't realise you started off with an Evo120 Luke! snap to some extent, an EVO120 was the first refractor I ever bought! I got my first one from Beacon Hill on an EQ5 mount back in 2005, the old blue livery. Sold it when I moved into a one bed flat though because it totally dominated the living space lol I always said I would get another when I had the space, and I've got lots of little experiments lined up :D Clear skies mate : )
@@Astrolavista Haha! Awesome mate, it was indeed my first ever scope & mount for AP! I had a 250p dob a few years before that also but that was visual only of course, and I barely knew which end to look down 😂 ahhh.... Good Times 😁
I bought a dielectric 2" diagonal for $119 US and it is quite nice, made in Taiwan by GSO. As far as an Achromat vs. an Apochromat it depends a lot on the length too. I've found a light yellow #8 or light yellow/green #11 gets rid of blue fringe if it bothers you. I've bought two Sky Watcher Maksutov, a 102 and 127 and BOTH of them came with Kellner eyepieces. I heard birds when I opened the boxes they came in, Cheep Cheep Cheep!!!
I think this is why Astronomy is 90% hanging out on youtube and astro forums, and 10% actually using our equipment! Hopefully you'll get your chance soon :)
Hi Chris, thanks for the video. It is good to have videos of not too expensive gear and trumps some of the not uncommon "Hey, I had $20,000 to spend and imaged this nebula great..." videos. The Finder looks ideal. A Right Angle Finder would add to the cost, be heavier and not as easy to use - like bringing a pair of binoculars up to your aye to find a target. Try that, when looking in to a mirror at the same time! Simon
Good luck with your Sky-Watcher 120 Evostar, I'm sure you will enjoy it. I've never owned an ED telescope, although I would love to have one someday. That said, I have been using achromats for all of my life (50 years) since 13 years old and they have provided me with great views and excellent service. I know CA is a concern, but I"ve only now begun to do astrophotography and I will continue to use my achromats to their fullest capability before I finally buy my first ED scope. Best wishes to you.
Hi. Thank you so much for such an informative video. I’m expecting a 120mm refractor and came across your unboxing. I must commend your excellent presentation skills. Really appreciate you posting this.
Very nice.. There is just something about refractors that give me that warm glow inside.. I just love em.. I've actually been looking at the 150, which for the price , I can't see how it's possible to go wrong.. I've also been looking at the Bresser equivalent (150) I've not heard much about how they peform but who cares, it's a 5 inch REFRACTOR! Looking forward to seeing more on this pal. Great purchase 😀
Hey Jay, yeah me too! they look like a 'proper' telescope but more importantly the view they show can be very aesthetically pleasing with pin prick tight stars on a velvety black background. Snap! I too was considering the 6" f/8 as I've always wanted to try one but chose the 120mm because I could mount it on an EQ5 whereas you really need something like an HEQ5 with pier extension for the 6". I used to have the Bresser 127L on a SkyTee with pier extension, the views where great but a real workout to setup and tear down. You'll grow your biceps if you go for the 6" Jason :D cheers fella :)
Lovely scope Chris. I have the st120. Recently purchased a used ed100 and eq5 mount. Interested to see how you get on with your new ota. Enjoy with the family. Clear skies Vic
Wow that’s a deal because all I can find is ones for $2490.00 and up in the USA. Of course that is the ED version. The one you are showing is only in Europe.
Hi Fred, You can get the achromat version I have from First Light Optics, they deliver internationally 2-5 working days by courier to the US. Plus 20% UK tax is deducted if you select anywhere other than the UK at the checkout, so the scope would actually cost you £263, or $321 by todays exchange rate in US Dollars. Of course there will be taxes your end though: www.firstlightoptics.com/evostar/skywatcher-evostar-120-ota/ref/astrolavista/
@@Astrolavista thanks. I had thought of that, but I hate waiting for over seas and customs. too many things can go wrong. Also I would need a decent mount. Thanks again for the suggestion. Who knows I may change my mind some day. years ago I had an Orion 127mm with mount, but I could never get it Polar aligned because of light pollution, so I had too much trouble getting use of its tracking. Plus shake was horrible from the tripod it came with.
That ota neeeds a Baader Contrast Booster. I bought one and will keep the filter for life. It's a little dull yellowish but the view is much more defined. I tried the filter on my EOSD and it mostly auto white balanced it out, a little tweek of color balance and any achromat is almost as good as an APO. Big competition for the low cost ED ota's.
Isn’t a Bresser achromat 127/1200 mm F9.4 actually better than this Skywatcher 120/1000 mm F8.3 because of the bigger aperture and higher F-ratio for better color correction and sharpness ?
The Bresser 127L is better, I regret selling mine but it was a beast that required a fair bit of setting up and storage space. You can see mine on a SkyTee plus 16" pillar extension here: www.cloudynights.com/topic/556723-new-bresser-long-focus-achromatic-refractors/page-6 The Evo120 is relatively grab and go by comparison....but that Bresser weren't half well corrected and I probably should have kept it.
Hia mate, I've just bought the 120 model, can I use 2 inch eyepiece on it instead of the 1 and a quarter that comes with it. I'm thinking of getting a 32 or 40 mm eyepiece but they are all 2 inches, I want a low power wide field of view. Thanks Kevin.
Hi Kevin, yeah no problem at all. It's a 2" focuser and comes with a 2" diagonal so you just need to remove the 2-1.25" eyepiece adapter from the diagonal and you'll be all set.
Yellow , light yellow or yellow green are great on Martian detail with these big achros.a Baader contrast booster is a bit better as little colour cast compared to others mentioned.. LOVE buying from FLO
That looks a great scope Chris! I have the 4 inch or 102 mm version of this one but i've always had a problem with the focuser, it has a fair bit of play in it and when you get correct focus and try to lock it the locking screw just moves the focuser a bit so that it moves out of focus. How did you find the focuser in your refractor?
Hey mate! Mines not too bad in terms of play, you can try adjusting the 4 screws on the underside but if that doesn't work the scope might be a good candidate for the Dual Speed 2 Crayford upgrade upgrade: www.firstlightoptics.com/skywatcher-focusers/dual-speed-2-crayford-focuser-for-sky-watcher-refractors/ref/astrolasvista/ If there's too much slack in the focuser it will move when you try and lock, but I think the plate on the bottom controls the pressure of the pinion on the rack so worth tweaking the screws first to see if it makes any difference or not?
@@Astrolavista thanks! I'm in Australia I'll check if it's available here. In any case....after playing with that for a while I eventually opted for an 8" GSO Newtonian, this one's much heavier and difficult to collimate precisely but the results are worth it :-)
I bought mine second hand and use it with the EQ5 Deluxe mount from FLO, plus the Enhanced Dual Axis motor drives. I'm dabbling with astrophotography, so I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on it.
Interesting video. Can you please tell me which one I should buy for visual observations (not astrophotography): a Bresser 102/1000 mm for 300 $ or a TS Optics 70/420 mm ED FLP-51 for 430$ ? I don't know which of the two would have a better performance / resolution. Bigger apochromats are simple too expensive for me. Other types of telescopes are not an option for me since I don't want to bother with collimation. Thank you!
I'm Antonio from Italy : Great nice telescope !!! I have the "Skywatcher heritage 130/650 Newton telescope with parabolic mirror. Is interesting one "chellenge" between this two telescopes for planets and deep sky.
I mainly use 1.25" eyepieces. The only disadvantage is that you cannot have ultra wide apparent field of views with long focal length / low power 1.25" eyepieces, for example, you are limited to 52 degrees with a 32mm 1.25" eye pieces. This isn't a problem in most cases, and you can still use ultra wide fields of view at shorter focal lengths E.g 82 degrees at 14mm.
It's a bit confusing when Sky-Watcher name them similarly. There is the budget option which I have, the Evostar 120 f/8.3 achromat, then there is the Evostar 120ED DS Pro. Here are links to both so you can see the difference: www.firstlightoptics.com/evostar/skywatcher-evostar-120-ota/ref/astrolavista/ www.firstlightoptics.com/ed-pro/skywatcher-evostar-120ed-ds-pro-outfit/ref/astrolavista/
@@Astrolavista I see. Well explore scientific took that one step further and made a 127mm triplet Apo and a 127mm achromat that looks identical. By the way the 127 or 5 inch Apo sells for a poultry 2000 dollars. Hell of a deal
Interesting. Hear in budget city, this is the sort of thing I'd be interested in to see if it's a worthwhile upgrade to my ST80. Probably too narrow angle field for what I'm looking at but er, interesting! :-)
Hey, are you observing or imaging with the ST80? I know these are more visual scopes but it will be a shame if I didn't at least try and image with the Evo120 I'm thinking :D
@@Astrolavista Just observing as can't stomach the price of a mount versus the super cheap ST80 on my photo tripod LOL. If a bargain turns up, I will do this as I have the camera gear to suit. Be interested to see what the EVO manages definitely!
Interesting, I opted for the Baader semi apo filter which I'll be testing out shortly. I'll think about grabbing a yellow filter and adding that into the comparison also, they are relatively affordable after all. The other one I was looking at was the Baader fringe killer.
@@Astrolavista most assuredly !! My little Tasco 60mm from mumble mumble years ago still has pride of place in my astronomical instrument journey. Revealing neb. around M45 among other treats with a Huygens glass 20mm. Fun stuff !!
That is a very nice telescope 👍r u going to get an electronic focuser 🤷♂️ I too will be getting a new scope if I can decide what it is I want 🤣 200p eq5 goto or 250p flextube goto 🤷♂️ I'm getting more in to imaging and the eq5 will give more options in the future (still literally juts finding my way it all) a 250p will be a serious visual scope and will still take very good photos, it will takes up less room so is more wife friendly 🤔🤷♂️🤣
Hi Andrew, I'm sure you'll enjoy either but it really is a tough decision that hinges on whether you'll end up more into visual or imaging? You should be able to take up to 30 second exposures with the Dob before field rotation kicks in so if just doing casual imaging you could have a lot of fun with that. The EQ5 Pro you can add guiding and go deeper with much longer exposures but that setup is less convenience for visual, the eyepiece can end up on some odd positions when using a large reflector an an EQ mount.
@@Astrolavista hi thanks for ur advice I didn't really think about the set up 👍 i had a 200p for a while and it was very comfy to look through not being bent over for hours 😂 no tracking was the biggest issue i had with it. thinking that maybe the eq5 is probably a bit over kill 🤷♂️ can't c my self going more then 30s anyway everything would have to be very spot on the most iv managed so far is 10 /15 seconds 😂 and was very pleased at that 🤙wasn't as aligned as I thought, im thinking ur right the 250p will be better as I'm still finding my way with photography, not sure on the computer skills yet 😬 it's just a grab and look ( basically ) il be sure to use ur link when I get it for my birthday in a couple of months 👍 look forward to to ur new scope in action
I'll just discretely leave these links here Jon, for your education. I have this one: www.firstlightoptics.com/evostar/skywatcher-evostar-120-ota/ref/astrolavista/ You're thinking of this: www.firstlightoptics.com/ed-pro/skywatcher-evostar-120ed-ds-pro-outfit/ref/astrolavista/ Just the small matter of the £1100 price difference. I did once own the Sky-Watcher ED120 specifically the Equinox version but sold it many years back.
If you enjoyed this video you may like the Sky-Watcher 200p overview here: ua-cam.com/video/fJXBh9ZEcAk/v-deo.html
Beautiful ota.
Like you, I have the 200p newtonian.
Then, I bought a 102mm f7 refractor acromat. For ease of use on balcony, and carry on for air travel.
Seems refractors often come, after large newtonians.
Great new toy Chris gonna be nice having that sort of focal length. Clear skies.
Thanks Ollie, it's going to be a fun toy to play with and hopefully the kids involved with! Cheers mate :)
Hey Chris i also think a 120mm acro is still good for alot people. Its still a good size and the longer version F8.3 FL color isnt too bad on the planets. cheers
Ahh yes a nice long refractor with good light grasp to boot, nice!! , must say a much underrated bit of kit in these days of fancy glass optics, I still have a smaller Prinz Astral 500 given to me by my brother in the mid 70s tucked away, I just loved sky watching with mates in my mums backyard, we could see the milky way then even living near to Portsmouth, Have fun atb Tom...
Hey thanks Tom! I'm hoping the Evo120 will make a good all round no fuss observing scope. I've also had the pleasure of owning a couple of classic circle T and circle K Japanese achros in the past and can totally understand why you have such fond memories : ) Thanks for your comment, and I'm hoping to have plenty of fun once these 3 back to back storms fizzle out.
Hey Chris! - that'll be really interesting for a lot of people I bet mate, one of these was actually my first scope for astrophotography! (mounted on an eq5 Pro goto)
I cut my teeth on it and learned a lot, great scope, good fun 👍👍
Clear skies bud!!
No way! I didn't realise you started off with an Evo120 Luke! snap to some extent, an EVO120 was the first refractor I ever bought! I got my first one from Beacon Hill on an EQ5 mount back in 2005, the old blue livery. Sold it when I moved into a one bed flat though because it totally dominated the living space lol I always said I would get another when I had the space, and I've got lots of little experiments lined up :D Clear skies mate : )
@@Astrolavista Haha! Awesome mate, it was indeed my first ever scope & mount for AP! I had a 250p dob a few years before that also but that was visual only of course, and I barely knew which end to look down 😂 ahhh.... Good Times 😁
I bought a dielectric 2" diagonal for $119 US and it is quite nice, made in Taiwan by GSO. As far as an Achromat vs. an Apochromat it depends a lot on the length too. I've found a light yellow #8 or light yellow/green #11 gets rid of blue fringe if it bothers you. I've bought two Sky Watcher Maksutov, a 102 and 127 and BOTH of them came with Kellner eyepieces. I heard birds when I opened the boxes they came in, Cheep Cheep Cheep!!!
I got the Sky Watcher 150P reflector with GOTO for my 40th and the weather has been dismal ever since
I think this is why Astronomy is 90% hanging out on youtube and astro forums, and 10% actually using our equipment! Hopefully you'll get your chance soon :)
Hi Chris, thanks for the video. It is good to have videos of not too expensive gear and trumps some of the not uncommon "Hey, I had $20,000 to spend and imaged this nebula great..." videos.
The Finder looks ideal. A Right Angle Finder would add to the cost, be heavier and not as easy to use - like bringing a pair of binoculars up to your aye to find a target. Try that, when looking in to a mirror at the same time! Simon
I do like RACI finders though for their correct image orientation :D
Good luck with your Sky-Watcher 120 Evostar, I'm sure you will enjoy it. I've never owned an ED telescope, although I would love to have one someday. That said, I have been using achromats for all of my life (50 years) since 13 years old and they have provided me with great views and excellent service. I know CA is a concern, but I"ve only now begun to do astrophotography and I will continue to use my achromats to their fullest capability before I finally buy my first ED scope. Best wishes to you.
Thanks, you too!
Hi. Thank you so much for such an informative video. I’m expecting a 120mm refractor and came across your unboxing. I must commend your excellent presentation skills. Really appreciate you posting this.
Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to write such a nice comment :)
Very nice.. There is just something about refractors that give me that warm glow inside.. I just love em.. I've actually been looking at the 150, which for the price , I can't see how it's possible to go wrong.. I've also been looking at the Bresser equivalent (150) I've not heard much about how they peform but who cares, it's a 5 inch REFRACTOR! Looking forward to seeing more on this pal. Great purchase 😀
Hey Jay, yeah me too! they look like a 'proper' telescope but more importantly the view they show can be very aesthetically pleasing with pin prick tight stars on a velvety black background.
Snap! I too was considering the 6" f/8 as I've always wanted to try one but chose the 120mm because I could mount it on an EQ5 whereas you really need something like an HEQ5 with pier extension for the 6".
I used to have the Bresser 127L on a SkyTee with pier extension, the views where great but a real workout to setup and tear down.
You'll grow your biceps if you go for the 6" Jason :D cheers fella :)
Lovely scope Chris. I have the st120. Recently purchased a used ed100 and eq5 mount. Interested to see how you get on with your new ota. Enjoy with the family. Clear skies Vic
Hey thanks Vic, I will do! Also you too with your recent purchases :)
Can't wait to see what you get up to with this, I have the same but on an eq3
Is the e3 upgradable?
@@planetxsurveillance.dinkwi5766 Yes you can add motors or a full goto kit to it, I haven't thought
Great overview Chris. I wanna Get a Small APO Refractor Someday, Something like a 60mm or 70mm one!!
Cheers Avanteesh! a small apo would be great for imaging : )
Nice overview Chris, looking forward to some reports from the field. 👍
Cheers Rob! :)
Wow that’s a deal because all I can find is ones for $2490.00 and up in the USA. Of course that is the ED version. The one you are showing is only in Europe.
Hi Fred, You can get the achromat version I have from First Light Optics, they deliver internationally 2-5 working days by courier to the US. Plus 20% UK tax is deducted if you select anywhere other than the UK at the checkout, so the scope would actually cost you £263, or $321 by todays exchange rate in US Dollars. Of course there will be taxes your end though: www.firstlightoptics.com/evostar/skywatcher-evostar-120-ota/ref/astrolavista/
@@Astrolavista thanks. I had thought of that, but I hate waiting for over seas and customs. too many things can go wrong. Also I would need a decent mount.
Thanks again for the suggestion. Who knows I may change my mind some day. years ago I had an Orion 127mm with mount, but I could never get it Polar aligned because of light pollution, so I had too much trouble getting use of its tracking. Plus shake was horrible from the tripod it came with.
That ota neeeds a Baader Contrast Booster. I bought one and will keep the filter for life. It's a little dull yellowish but the view is much more defined. I tried the filter on my EOSD and it mostly auto white balanced it out, a little tweek of color balance and any achromat is almost as good as an APO. Big competition for the low cost ED ota's.
Thanks for the tip!
Great review as always Chris..
Thanks Vineeth, I appreciate it :)
Isn’t a Bresser achromat 127/1200 mm F9.4 actually better than this Skywatcher 120/1000 mm F8.3 because of the bigger aperture and higher F-ratio for better color correction and sharpness ?
The Bresser 127L is better, I regret selling mine but it was a beast that required a fair bit of setting up and storage space. You can see mine on a SkyTee plus 16" pillar extension here: www.cloudynights.com/topic/556723-new-bresser-long-focus-achromatic-refractors/page-6 The Evo120 is relatively grab and go by comparison....but that Bresser weren't half well corrected and I probably should have kept it.
I have this scope and it balances really well on my Skywatcher AZ-4.
Hia mate, I've just bought the 120 model, can I use 2 inch eyepiece on it instead of the 1 and a quarter that comes with it. I'm thinking of getting a 32 or 40 mm eyepiece but they are all 2 inches, I want a low power wide field of view. Thanks Kevin.
Hi Kevin, yeah no problem at all. It's a 2" focuser and comes with a 2" diagonal so you just need to remove the 2-1.25" eyepiece adapter from the diagonal and you'll be all set.
@@AstrolavistaSorry mate, I'm a bit thick, I'm not quite sure what you mean, what exactly do I need to buy. Thank you.
Yellow , light yellow or yellow green are great on Martian detail with these big achros.a Baader contrast booster is a bit better as little colour cast compared to others mentioned..
LOVE buying from FLO
That looks a great scope Chris! I have the 4 inch or 102 mm version of this one but i've always had a problem with the focuser, it has a fair bit of play in it and when you get correct focus and try to lock it the locking screw just moves the focuser a bit so that it moves out of focus. How did you find the focuser in your refractor?
Hey mate! Mines not too bad in terms of play, you can try adjusting the 4 screws on the underside but if that doesn't work the scope might be a good candidate for the Dual Speed 2 Crayford upgrade upgrade: www.firstlightoptics.com/skywatcher-focusers/dual-speed-2-crayford-focuser-for-sky-watcher-refractors/ref/astrolasvista/
If there's too much slack in the focuser it will move when you try and lock, but I think the plate on the bottom controls the pressure of the pinion on the rack so worth tweaking the screws first to see if it makes any difference or not?
@@Astrolavista thanks! I'm in Australia I'll check if it's available here. In any case....after playing with that for a while I eventually opted for an 8" GSO Newtonian, this one's much heavier and difficult to collimate precisely but the results are worth it :-)
2:30 I find that the focus tube has to be nearly all the way out, to achieve focus with either my ZWO ASI120MM mini or ASI224MC.
Thanks for the info, it's good to hear that extensions tubes aren't required, plus it means DLSR's should focus fine around 30-40mm further inwards.
@@Astrolavista I found that I had to rack it all the way out, then bring it back in about 5mm or so...
The position of the finder looks like it would be in the way of the forehead or left eye if using your right eye to look through the eyepiece
I've never found this to be a problem
I bought mine second hand and use it with the EQ5 Deluxe mount from FLO, plus the Enhanced Dual Axis motor drives. I'm dabbling with astrophotography, so I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on it.
Exactly the same setup, cool! Well I have plenty of little experiments lined up including a semi apo filter test and an EVO120 vs 200p shootout :)
@@Astrolavista that's the two telescopes that I already own. 😉
@@Astrolavista I take it that the weather has been too crap for you, as well?
Interesting video. Can you please tell me which one I should buy for visual observations (not astrophotography): a Bresser 102/1000 mm for 300 $ or a TS Optics 70/420 mm ED FLP-51 for 430$ ? I don't know which of the two would have a better performance / resolution. Bigger apochromats are simple too expensive for me. Other types of telescopes are not an option for me since I don't want to bother with collimation. Thank you!
I'm Antonio from Italy : Great nice telescope !!! I have the "Skywatcher heritage 130/650 Newton telescope with parabolic mirror. Is interesting one "chellenge" between this two telescopes for planets and deep sky.
Yes that would be interesting, I have videos comparing the Evostar 120/1000 to the Sky-Watcher 200/1000 Newtonian but not a smaller Newtonian yet.
@@Astrolavista Thanks for the answer i understand the message, but the challenge between the Evostar 120/1000 and the Newton 200/1000 who win ?
Is there any disadvantage using 1 1/4" eyepiece (obviously with the adaptor) instead of 2" ones?
I mainly use 1.25" eyepieces. The only disadvantage is that you cannot have ultra wide apparent field of views with long focal length / low power 1.25" eyepieces, for example, you are limited to 52 degrees with a 32mm 1.25" eye pieces. This isn't a problem in most cases, and you can still use ultra wide fields of view at shorter focal lengths E.g 82 degrees at 14mm.
That's a lot of scope for the money! should be fun - enjoy!
What did I miss here. The title is why did I buy an achromatic telescope but you unbox a EVO star sky watcher which is a apo.
It's a bit confusing when Sky-Watcher name them similarly. There is the budget option which I have, the Evostar 120 f/8.3 achromat, then there is the Evostar 120ED DS Pro. Here are links to both so you can see the difference:
www.firstlightoptics.com/evostar/skywatcher-evostar-120-ota/ref/astrolavista/
www.firstlightoptics.com/ed-pro/skywatcher-evostar-120ed-ds-pro-outfit/ref/astrolavista/
@@Astrolavista I see. Well explore scientific took that one step further and made a 127mm triplet Apo and a 127mm achromat that looks identical. By the way the 127 or 5 inch Apo sells for a poultry 2000 dollars. Hell of a deal
Forgot to mention how easy that style finder is to dial in.
Interesting. Hear in budget city, this is the sort of thing I'd be interested in to see if it's a worthwhile upgrade to my ST80. Probably too narrow angle field for what I'm looking at but er, interesting! :-)
Hey, are you observing or imaging with the ST80? I know these are more visual scopes but it will be a shame if I didn't at least try and image with the Evo120 I'm thinking :D
@@Astrolavista Just observing as can't stomach the price of a mount versus the super cheap ST80 on my photo tripod LOL. If a bargain turns up, I will do this as I have the camera gear to suit. Be interested to see what the EVO manages definitely!
I'll have to work on my guessing skills, I wasn't even close. I'll try harder next time. : )
I don't think anyone guessed right, it was a tricky one :D
A yellow No filter works great on bigger achromats. Although I only seem to feel the need to use it on planets.
Interesting, I opted for the Baader semi apo filter which I'll be testing out shortly. I'll think about grabbing a yellow filter and adding that into the comparison also, they are relatively affordable after all. The other one I was looking at was the Baader fringe killer.
@@Astrolavista Yes it's £10 rather than £70, it's a similar idea. No.8 filter I meant to say.
You need to get an apo. No comparison whatsoever IF the figure be great.
I've had a few ED doublets and a couple of triplets in the past, but nothing wrong with knocking around with an old achro now and again :)
@@Astrolavista most assuredly !! My little Tasco 60mm from mumble mumble years ago still has pride of place in my astronomical instrument journey. Revealing neb. around M45 among other treats with a Huygens glass 20mm. Fun stuff !!
That is a very nice telescope 👍r u going to get an electronic focuser 🤷♂️ I too will be getting a new scope if I can decide what it is I want 🤣 200p eq5 goto or 250p flextube goto 🤷♂️ I'm getting more in to imaging and the eq5 will give more options in the future (still literally juts finding my way it all) a 250p will be a serious visual scope and will still take very good photos, it will takes up less room so is more wife friendly 🤔🤷♂️🤣
Hi Andrew, I'm sure you'll enjoy either but it really is a tough decision that hinges on whether you'll end up more into visual or imaging? You should be able to take up to 30 second exposures with the Dob before field rotation kicks in so if just doing casual imaging you could have a lot of fun with that. The EQ5 Pro you can add guiding and go deeper with much longer exposures but that setup is less convenience for visual, the eyepiece can end up on some odd positions when using a large reflector an an EQ mount.
@@Astrolavista hi thanks for ur advice I didn't really think about the set up 👍 i had a 200p for a while and it was very comfy to look through not being bent over for hours 😂 no tracking was the biggest issue i had with it. thinking that maybe the eq5 is probably a bit over kill 🤷♂️ can't c my self going more then 30s anyway everything would have to be very spot on the most iv managed so far is 10 /15 seconds 😂 and was very pleased at that 🤙wasn't as aligned as I thought, im thinking ur right the 250p will be better as I'm still finding my way with photography, not sure on the computer skills yet 😬 it's just a grab and look ( basically ) il be sure to use ur link when I get it for my birthday in a couple of months 👍 look forward to to ur new scope in action
It is actually 38% brighter. M🤗
Too expensive, too long and too heavy. Other than that, nice.
I hate watching people unbox stuff,what a waste of time
The Evostar is NOT an achromat. It is an ED, apo with FPL-53 and Schott glass. The fact you don't know the difference spoils your whole review.
I'll just discretely leave these links here Jon, for your education. I have this one: www.firstlightoptics.com/evostar/skywatcher-evostar-120-ota/ref/astrolavista/
You're thinking of this: www.firstlightoptics.com/ed-pro/skywatcher-evostar-120ed-ds-pro-outfit/ref/astrolavista/
Just the small matter of the £1100 price difference. I did once own the Sky-Watcher ED120 specifically the Equinox version but sold it many years back.