SRS511

Here you go first night observation with evscope under a bright 40% moon, very short observations. I am excited to see what happens with a darker sky.

I received my evscope this past week and tried it out. The review is spot on. I set it up right next to my 8 inch celstron and pointed them both at various deep sky objects. This was from my suburban house not a very dark site but not terrible either. A couple of thoughts: The evscope is like the old polariod SX70- it creates instant gratification. In 15 minutes I had really good "Wow" level images and appropriate responses from a few friends looking at Orion Nebula, Flame Nebula, CIgar Galaxy. When I compared with the C-8 nothing visible except for orion. Is the quality of the image great like an astrophotography image- no. If that is what you want its not for you. However, It is super quick, easy to use and creates good images. Just like the old polariod- the pictures are not SLR quality but its instant gratification, really good, and tons of fun. It also opens up many many more objects to look at and it is very portable. Take it on a hike to a dark sky spot, or to a dinner party without a second thought. It is pricey and I am glad I did the kickstarter, but overtime prices will come down, and image quality (mostly driven by software updates) will go up. So far I am a satified customer. Now if only the clouds would go away- the forecast is bad for the next week!