Hey luke, i always watch your vids and comparisons, would u mind to review a smaller aperture RC if u can? I own one too but i find that most of those on paper are quite good while actually don't perform too well if u arent prepared enough.

I own skywatcher telescopes, started in the hobby with an ED80, love it, and recently acquired an ED120 (used, no way I could get it new). Love them both, great scopes. And for widefield I use my Evoguide50 with a qhy183 (and an Askar 180+294 sensor, love it!). But what you're saying is very true: Askar scopes are beautifully made and more importantly the optics seem to be of very good quality as well. And better priced than skywatcher. To skywatcher's favor I think they are "tried and true" scopes, so If you get one there should be less variability from sample to sample. Good optics, although a bit austere outlook. "Blue collar" as Ed Ting once said. But the competition is coming in strong, so SW, you'd better do something!!

@@sjpp71 - Those are both solid scopes! I started visually with a Heritage 130p, and over 10 years later I still love it. My first imaging scope was a 72ed, which served me well, but the optical quality is a significant downgrade from the 80ed and 120ed. Skywatcher makes solid scopes optically (although their ED line leaves a lot to be desired mechanically). When it comes down to it though, I think we're on the same page. The issue isn't the quality, it's the price. These Askar APO's are likely to be better across the board while costing nearly 2/3 of the price. Hopefully Skywatcher adjusts, but I'm not counting on it. Edit: I just checked, and the prices of the 120ED have actually gone up! Now the Askar 120 APO is 60% of the 120's current asking price.

@@40Sec Yeah, totally. I don't mean to "defend" skywatcher, they're good, but nowadays there are more, economical and just as good options, which is good for us all.

Stellarvue svx

I absolutely agree about the case.

I threaten the sky with my mono camera and narrowband filters.

Yes i really wish they made the cases with room for an eaf. You should try narrowband. You can image from home then. Lazy way to do astronomy.

I do already have a 8in newt. ITs f5 though. If I can get a big enough mount I would like to try a 12in newt.

SV doesn't have a 1.0X flattener of there own.

Must be the way the video was rendered. I admit I did not check that part before posting. Plus these are unfiltered OSC images so not my usual narrowband bliss.

They are only OSC images. So will always pail in comparison to narrowband. They also had no post processing done to them at all. Unlike the doctored images you see elsewhere.