New StellaMira 90mm ED triplet - First Look

[Mattynorth]

1 hour ago, Martthebass said:

I like the carbon fibre coordination there Matty.  I also like the top mounting of the AAP and Guide, I think I'll adopt that as I'm still battling with RA balance with my AZEQ5 based set up - depending where it's pointing.

I find it so much easier to balance when everything is centred. I’ve had all sorts of weird setups over the years trying to keep things central . Especially my William optics 61 mk1 which had no way of mounting the guide scope other than the finder bracket. I always find it better than mounting stuff on the side. 

[Mattynorth]

I have to say I am over the moon with this scope. I was in the market for the W/O 91mm until this came along. Is the stellar Mira better than the w/o ? I really would not like to say but with out a doubt it’s not £800 worse. Optically there might be something in it but build quality there is not. The stellar Mira feels so well built. I hate using rotators at the best of times but this was a pleasure. The focuser is solid. It’s on par with the w/o I’ve owned in the past. Have managed to process (very quickly the hour of each SHO I got the other night on the soul nebula and apart from the poor guiding (think because I forgot to put the ir filter on guider camera)  and was probably pushing it with 10min subs. I’m very happy so far. The flatter is excellently matched to my eye. Shame I added eggs across the board. But I’ve got some data on M33 over the last few nights and I’m hoping to add to them tonight with out the guiding errors so you can see how capable this scope is. Very pleased I did not go for the w/o and saved the £800. Better in my ars pocket 😉. Might even go for the stellar Lyra 6”rc now I’ve seen the quality of these. And I never thought I would say this but it’s actually more aesthetically pleasing to the eye than the w/o. Love the shiny carbon fibre and red accents. Thank you very much FLO 🙏🏼

Edited December 12, 2021 by Mattynorth

[Mattynorth]

A few more sample images with this excellent scope. Triangulum and pac man