FarSide

A very sad day for all observers today - and a sad loss for observers to come. Thank you, Sir Patrick.

I enjoy using my EVO120 and despite it only being only 4.75" and an achromatic it dose offer some good views of a fair few night sky objects. Out of all my scopes this is by far the best on double stars and gives good contrast on the moon. Planets have been a let down to be honest due to the CA. For the same reason I doubt it would be the greatest instrument for imaging as I suspect a DSLR is only going to emphasize these imperfections.

I recently bought a Evostar 120 and actually it's not totally awful with planetary views. The 120 is primarily a 'starter scope' so to speak, and you'll want to eventually move on to something bigger for better planetary/DSO views, and imaging. That said, i will say that with some effort, and the right lenses you'll get some fine views -i'm testimony to that having seen a beautiful vision of Jupiter last night with only a 10mm lenses; with barlows involved you'll see much more.

The Moon if a different story, the 120 really brings out the Lunar surface with great detail, you won't be disappointed in that.