The Skywatcher Evostar ED150 DS Pro Is Here !
Well, the black beast has arrived
Lots of photos will follow this short initial piece, followed (hopefully !) by reports on performance, handling etc, etc.
The outer packaging is 146cm in length and the aluminum scope case is 140cm long. The only issue I have had with the shipping is that a small hole was punched in the aluminum case from the inside. Examination showed that this was caused by the camera mounting adapter screw on one of the tube rings punching through as the scope move
Ok, here goes with my first performance report on this scope
I’ve had two sessions with the Skywatcher Evostar ED150, one of a couple of hours under patchy clouds and moderately stable seeing and last night under very thin clouds but steadier seeing. Transparency on both nights was OK but not that special, between the clouds. In total this amounts to around 5 hours observing time.
I used my Skywatcher ED120 refractor as the comparison scope on the same mount as the ED150 so that I cou
