First light at last for these Two

[garryblueboy]

Due to work weather and health issues I have finally made it out with my Skywatcher 150ED which i purchased before Xmas and a re ent acquisition my Takahashi sky90 II 

the 150 ED is a reasonable OTA to handle just it’s length that makes it a bit awkward so plenty of turn around space needed when transporting it to the mount 

once there though balance is achieved quite easily and unlike some of the  150s I have owned it’s not to front heavy it was a fairly transparent evening after the clouds had rolled by and the seeing around a 5 first look at the moon wow nearly blinded me forgot how bright the full moon in a 6 inch can be I popped in my 13mm ethos and the view was excellent I could see no noticeable colour in focus or CA at all which I was pleased about I quickly done a star test and was delighted to see perfect rings in and out of focus the trapezium in m42 was easily resolved and some nice gassing still showing despite the moons glow Mars showed small amount of markings and a cap with the new acquired Myriad 5mm the optics on this scope I’m pleased to say are excellent for the price I would say a step above the the 2 vixen Atlux I’ve owned a much crisper image the Sky background is nice and dark with pinpoint stars very Takahashi like it does split the doubles with great ease based a first light in not perfect conditions I’m very pleased .

The Takahashi Sky 90 II was purchased as a grab and go scope I read a few reviews before taking the plunge and purchased this nicely kept example 

first port of call star test as with the 150ED I was nervous and hoping all would be fine and my fears were soon quashed as a perfect star test rings appeared through 

the 3.5mm eyepiece little colour shown either side of focus but none in focus on to the moon with a 19mm Panoptics and a beautiful disc appeared as crisp as the FS102 I previously owned then on to M42 again trapezium easily resolved star fields look fantastic through this scope and my fears it would not live up to my Takahashi expectations were soon forgotten so after 3 hours it was time to pack up and I’m looking forward to more time with this scope .

[JeremyS]

Sounds a super scope, Garry 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[Marki]

Good stuff Gary. I'm in agreement on the SW 150ED. I think its a really capable scope and excellent for its cost. I just don't get on with the focusser - might see if I can replace it with something better. How do you find yours to use?

 

Edited February 27, 2021 by Marki

[garryblueboy]

19 minutes ago, Marki said:

Good stuff Gary. I'm in agreement on the SW 150ED. I think its a really capable scope and excellent for its cost. I just don't get on with the focusser - might see if I can replace it with something better. How do you find yours to use?

 

Mine is the latest which I was told by Simon from wide screen that had been slightly modified from original and its adequate really just not what I’m used to 

on the premium scopes I may upgrade to a Moonlite