@@TheNarrowbandChannel That video is overdone, but true on almost all points. You can't be a big influencer AND just promote stuff that's not true and making people buy something that doesn't quite live up to those claims. People trust him, so you have a responsibility, that's called being professional and I shouldn't be feeling sorry for that. :)
This scope is no longer advertised as a "Raptor". On 2/16/2021 Vic Maris (Stellarvue) filed the legal documents to protect his brand. SV has described their carbon fiber scope as "Raptor" as early as 10/20/2011. The paperwork cost Vic $250 dollars,btw. Quite a story :) Thanks...and subbed !
You give Jones waaay too much leeway. It was a marketing video by him via opt. He may have fooled a lot of people who couldn't see pass the noise, but the signal is a marketing video.
I would love to get to design a scope, but having a background in engineering would equip me much better. Trever is just a graphic designer. That type of background is mainly marketing and absolutely no engineering. So I try to give Trevor the benefit of the doubt. After all I would certainly appreciate the same if it was me. Though as an engineer I would not deserve it :)
I ordered this scope last year during the pandemic ordered it in October got it in November the German gentleman who post a video that you mentioned made a lot of solid points same with this video very informative to help those who are looking into the hobby the more information the better help them make the right decision I went with zwo EAF yes it works great in depth video.
WOW..Nice work on this video, I was the first person on CN & YT saying that the OPT Raptor was MADE by SharpStar and was 99% the same as the SharpStar 61 EDPHII! Also I think Trevor let it get to his head also maybe OPT helped that Trevor really only choose the colors for the Raptor which i do like better then the EDPHII. My point was for the money and you don't need those plates and the rings which are nice and so is that add on focuser but OTA to OTA I choose the SharpStar EDPHII. SharpStar EDPHII is a good quality scope and great for wide field shooting and SharpStar did have a glass coating issue that I think was the issue of the color fringing and once you send them a pic they did send me an FedEx replacement front. They did ask me to return the original part but from the US back to China was too costly and lots of paperwork. But the main issue with products made in China is quality control and this is a perfect case that mine was some of the first EDPHII in the US and SharpStar 61 Will not say the type of glass is used, nowhere is it posted unless now they do even TS has the same scope and the are saying the type of glass used but Agenaastro.com posted on there listing it's all the same type of 1 glass that is ED and what type of ED????? Thanks for your correct info and video!!! PS Thanks for the 3D Hood I will print 1....
The glass used in the older doublet version was FL53 the glass in the newer triplet is FPL51. I will probably mention that in the next video. Enjoy the hood. :) I bet I read your posts on cloudy nights. Its a great little scope. Too bad it has had troubles. All their other scopes I have heard of 0 issues so I think I trust Sharpstar.
Great review. I don't have either but confirmed my opinion of the Radian vs. Sharpstar is mainly marketing and features vs. good basic optics. Don't know if you have any personal experience but I would be curious of the relative value of William Optic vs. the Askar scopes? Have a great and safe 2022!
William Optics I have seen and handled in person but have not imaged with them yet. They are well made and their quality control is top notch. They use many of the same optics as the Chinese brands but they inspect every scope much more thoroughly.
So glad! I guess I bought the Radian 61 either 2nd or 3rd batch and even did an untracked Orion with just a tripod and Radian 61 and stock Nikon D5300. Great result and no chromatic aberration. Great little scope! and great video too!
By a William Optics and thank yourself for doing so. Future resale value alone would make my decision. Great video and possibly the most diplomatic video comparing a good solid telescope ( sharp star) against a slick marketing campaign with questionable motives with the Radian. It is a shame to me because these are both great intro scopes… Sharpstar is a welcome addition to astronomy and we need more companies like them to encourage others to maintain quality control and prices. Personally I don’t fault Trevor but I will also never take buying advice from him either. His superpower is helping newer to astrophotography individuals take up and stay with our great hobby. The radian OPT marketing in my opinion is exploiting the trust Trevor has worked so hard to earn. To me the biggest elephant / red flag in the room is all about the glass. OPT / Trevor never disclosed the type of glass used…. Possibly the one most critical detail that should be made known when buying any high priced optical instrument. I can’t think of any other tech spec that beats Glass quality to astrophotographers. That absolutely baffles me that OPT / Trevor apparently expected Glass type to not be very important to a buyer base that is heavily centric to comparing technical specs. Not to mention the collective IQ probably of said group likely has a IQ higher than any other hobbiest group of all time… barring maybe Astrophysic or Rocket engineering hobbiest.
Thats a very fair assessment and a lot more impartial then i have heard from anyone else. William optics is a great company. It was really to bad that they were not at NEAF this year. I hope their country can remain in existence.
Museum gloves - lint-free museum or clean room gloves protect exposed lenses from you. They're cheap. They work. Air duster cans, usual thing is LPG (propane), can jet liquid, leaves marks, avoid. Invertible air duster, compressed clean dry air. Use down the tube to remove dust, spiders, etc. The little puffer cannot do that job. Alternatively if you have an air brush compressor with a moisture trap, the dry air brush jet. DIY mini 'clean room' - a photographic light tent big enough for your head and shoulders. Less dust, and you don't loose small screws and springs.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel Know what you mean. I worked in a lab. The inner coating on a lens is a lot softer than the outside. So removing a finger print inside is a case of oh dear - like cleaning a camera sensor.
@@jeffslade1892 Fingerprint oils vary considerably from person to person. Some people have greasy fingers that are like acid and it destroys whatever it touches instantly. (the movie alien comes to mind) I myself have rather tepid finger oils. My own mother has particularly deadly oils in her skin. She latterly strips the gold off of her jewelry.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel everyone fingerprints, and it will transfer and migrate. Not just oils, moisture and proteins too, entire chemistry set. For example a watch battery should never be touched by bare hand or they fail. External end lenses have a hard coating but this is not best for optics. On internal lens faces the surface correction coating is so soft it needs special care. You are fitting a replacement lens to correct fault, you don't want to introduce a new one. I do not think a full clean room suit is necessary and a mask is not a good look for a talking head video ;)
Last March I bought a used TS-branded 61EDPH II . I am having a lot of trouble imaging with astrophotography - unrelated to the scope - so I don't have any good images with it yet. I really need to get an image to look for chromatic aberration. Can you recommend a target to test? Latitude 49 N. I don't blame Trevor for the design of the Raptor, but I do blame him for claiming that he had designed it.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel Yep, big blue bloated stars. Now to see if I can get a replacement lens assembly. Thank you for steering me in the right direction to this point.
I just subscribed based on this video. I’m looking for a travel scope and caught the Raptor review you speak of. My first thought was someone was going after the Redcat market and I found that interesting. The fact that this was their first scope made me immediately think that it was an OEM rebranded. A little more digging led me here. I appreciate the honesty and clarity of your review. Like you, I use the Asiair and an EAF, so I’m happy to see that they adapt. I’ll likely go this route. I have a dedicated astro camera, cooled color ASI533mc. I now only need to choose a good star tracker type mount (do any work with the Asiair? ) and hope the airlines don’t lose my tripod. :/ Im headed to 12 degrees north this winter. Should be interesting.
Just about all goto mounts will work with the ASIAIR. They have done a good job with mount compatibility. I myself use iOptron products. Their mounts are lighter than most.
Mostly agree with this discussion. I had one of the early triplet EDPH2 in the UK and never had CA issues though. Maybe I got a different batch or maybe my use of cuts or narrowband saved me. The scope itself is 335mm and I use it now with a TSRED279 at about 265mm and an Altair variable 1.0x pure flattener at 335. Personally I’ll never trust anything TJ says after the fiasco over the Raptor, which was staggeringly over priced as well.
Yes narrow band imaging will totally sidestep the issue. And also RGB imaging with a mono camera will to since you are refocusing for each band of color.
Hi, watching this video in 2024. I think your prediction about Sharpstar / Askar aged well. Now they have a whole line of (afaik) very good scopes. BTW, have you tried the tiny Sharpstar 50edph? And yes, I saw the video you mentioned about the raptor and ouch it was brutal (but true to a good extent, I'm afraid...). Anyway, good the telescope have proven being a good one and Sharpstar stood behind its product. All the best.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel that 180mm is amonsterscope! I'm intrigued by the tiny 50mm as I like imaging with an Evoguide. Maybe your ioptron mount ould carry that 180?
@@TheNarrowbandChannel ah 300mm f4 wide open is usable not to mention the 40-150 F2.8 😍 just wondered if there was any other really world benifits... Thank you for taking the time to reply, love the channel
I notice these refractors are almost always sold with the telescope rings, dovetail, and guide scope shoe(?? or whatever its called). I want one to use with my big chunky camera lenses (like the 135mm f2 Rokinon). I cannot seem to find one that is sold separately. Do you happen to know where I can get one??
It appears to be a rebranded product as well. Its only feature that is interesting is the clutch so you can manually focus rathe quickly. I believe Starlight Express makes them. They are 265$luntsolarsystems.com/product/si-efs-electronic-focusing-system/#configuration Personally I would just get a 200 ZWO focuser since I am an AA+ user. A lot less expensive. That is what I in fact did. :)
@@TheNarrowbandChannel It is an Optec unit. They are very good premium focusers. More suitable for a a Tac or Stellarvue. Kind of silly to put one on a Sharpstar.
I covered that in the video. You would have to crop the image as the vignette is about 80% on 35mm sensors. Unless you are talking about APCS or FMT full frame cameras. By the way full frame just means the sensor fits the lens.
LMAO not only is Trevor a liar, he's also ignorant. I have no respect for what he does. This Raptor is the biggest PoS telescope I own. I'm mad at myself for wasting the money on it and believing the crap that spewed from Trevor's mouth. Thank you for the comparison. More people need to see these types of videos inorder to make an informed and independent decision before making the same mistake I did.
Naw you probably don’t even know what your talking about, lemme guess your a skeptical person who see a big Astro Youruber who makes a video about a product, Then you come across a video of a guy that follows himself and he spews put hate because his channel not getting no where! And you go hey he’s right Trevor has a big following he must be a POS because my life sucks and he’s is great so I’m going to hate on him! Sounds about right? Your the type of guy that watches FOX news and on the news they say “James Web telescope” is fake and they used video editing to show the world lies about sending it out. And you go yeah FOXnews is right? And also the earth is flat! Because , Because ima go against the grain , because my life sucks like shit and fuck the world. We all know your type my boy.
Great review with lots of packed valuable informations 👍 I was wondering how do you align the Zwo 30mm finder scope to the main scope with two screws only? I find that incredibly hard. Especially at higher magnification the main scope composition turns out off centre pretty often. Do you have any tips on how to properly align the two scopes with two screws only on the finder scope?!? Thanks a bunch, any help appreciated. 🍻👍
That is a very good question. With a scope of this short a focal length it will not hurt your guiding. Just be sure to do a good polar alignment. There are guid scope mounts that allow you to aim them. www.ebay.com/itm/304134979882?hash=item46cfdb812a:g:hqwAAOSw7RBhNarf
@@TheNarrowbandChannel Thanks for taking the time to respond, appreciated. Yeah, that SVBony mount looks exactly like I was missing, perfect. Now all I need to check is the diameter of the ZWO guider scope. I have the impression it might be too narrow in diameter. Regardless the diameter question your tip was very helpful, thanks.
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sternenhimmel-fotografieren also made a video in english now, so its not just an article in german anymore.
I am watching that now. He is way to brutal. lol. Poor Trevor.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel That video is overdone, but true on almost all points. You can't be a big influencer AND just promote stuff that's not true and making people buy something that doesn't quite live up to those claims. People trust him, so you have a responsibility, that's called being professional and I shouldn't be feeling sorry for that. :)
@@TheNarrowbandChannel he's way too CORRECT. Screw Trevor. You need to stop giving Trevor a break.
This scope is no longer advertised as a "Raptor". On 2/16/2021 Vic Maris (Stellarvue) filed the legal documents to protect his brand. SV has described their carbon fiber scope as "Raptor" as early as 10/20/2011. The paperwork cost Vic $250 dollars,btw. Quite a story :) Thanks...and subbed !
Thanks. And that is good to know about the name. Ill mention it in the final half.
You give Jones waaay too much leeway. It was a marketing video by him via opt. He may have fooled a lot of people who couldn't see pass the noise, but the signal is a marketing video.
A marketing video to get more goodies sent his way.
If someone claims to "design it" then why shouldn't we "blame" him for the CA?
I would love to get to design a scope, but having a background in engineering would equip me much better. Trever is just a graphic designer. That type of background is mainly marketing and absolutely no engineering. So I try to give Trevor the benefit of the doubt. After all I would certainly appreciate the same if it was me. Though as an engineer I would not deserve it :)
@@TheNarrowbandChannel Totally agree.
@seyalwork because he didn't "design" it anymore than you designed your car/smartphone. He did market it on behalf of opt though.
@@Locutus720 the maybe you should let him know that before he releases another video on another product claiming to "design it.
Trever, hasn’t responded to any of this mess to my knowledge. Time to step up. He’s a good guy for sure, but this seems like a big miss step.
I ordered this scope last year during the pandemic ordered it in October got it in November the German gentleman who post a video that you mentioned made a lot of solid points same with this video very informative to help those who are looking into the hobby the more information the better help them make the right decision I went with zwo EAF yes it works great in depth video.
I’m glad you reviewed my sharpstar61! I hope you enjoyed it!
Thank you Izzy. I am definitely enjoying this scope. I wish I could use it more often, but my wife gets first bids always.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel I bet you wanted to say “definitely”?
@@izzytse2905 Yes I was in a hurry typing that.
WOW..Nice work on this video, I was the first person on CN & YT saying that the OPT Raptor was MADE by SharpStar and was 99% the same as the SharpStar 61 EDPHII! Also I think Trevor let it get to his head also maybe OPT helped that Trevor really only choose the colors for the Raptor which i do like better then the EDPHII. My point was for the money and you don't need those plates and the rings which are nice and so is that add on focuser but OTA to OTA I choose the SharpStar EDPHII. SharpStar EDPHII is a good quality scope and great for wide field shooting and SharpStar did have a glass coating issue that I think was the issue of the color fringing and once you send them a pic they did send me an FedEx replacement front. They did ask me to return the original part but from the US back to China was too costly and lots of paperwork. But the main issue with products made in China is quality control and this is a perfect case that mine was some of the first EDPHII in the US and SharpStar 61 Will not say the type of glass is used, nowhere is it posted unless now they do even TS has the same scope and the are saying the type of glass used but Agenaastro.com posted on there listing it's all the same type of 1 glass that is ED and what type of ED????? Thanks for your correct info and video!!! PS Thanks for the 3D Hood I will print 1....
TS have had it for a while. I bought my used TS one from OPT in late March.
The glass used in the older doublet version was FL53 the glass in the newer triplet is FPL51. I will probably mention that in the next video. Enjoy the hood. :)
I bet I read your posts on cloudy nights. Its a great little scope. Too bad it has had troubles. All their other scopes I have heard of 0 issues so I think I trust Sharpstar.
@@ronstewtsaw Was it a goblet? Or triplet?
@@TheNarrowbandChannel Triplett.
SharpStar, Radian, TS, and Omegon are all the same scope by JS Optics. They can have different specs though such as FPL53 ot FPL51 glass.
Great review. I don't have either but confirmed my opinion of the Radian vs. Sharpstar is mainly marketing and features vs. good basic optics. Don't know if you have any personal experience but I would be curious of the relative value of William Optic vs. the Askar scopes? Have a great and safe 2022!
William Optics I have seen and handled in person but have not imaged with them yet. They are well made and their quality control is top notch. They use many of the same optics as the Chinese brands but they inspect every scope much more thoroughly.
So glad! I guess I bought the Radian 61 either 2nd or 3rd batch and even did an untracked Orion with just a tripod and Radian 61 and stock Nikon D5300. Great result and no chromatic aberration.
Great little scope!
and great video too!
I was influenced by Trevor Jones, when I bought my first GOOD telescope, I don't regret it and will keep it forever
By a William Optics and thank yourself for doing so. Future resale value alone would make my decision.
Great video and possibly the most diplomatic video comparing a good solid telescope ( sharp star) against a slick marketing campaign with questionable motives with the Radian. It is a shame to me because these are both great intro scopes… Sharpstar is a welcome addition to astronomy and we need more companies like them to encourage others to maintain quality control and prices.
Personally I don’t fault Trevor but I will also never take buying advice from him either. His superpower is helping newer to astrophotography individuals take up and stay with our great hobby. The radian OPT marketing in my opinion is exploiting the trust Trevor has worked so hard to earn.
To me the biggest elephant / red flag in the room is all about the glass. OPT / Trevor never disclosed the type of glass used…. Possibly the one most critical detail that should be made known when buying any high priced optical instrument. I can’t think of any other tech spec that beats Glass quality to astrophotographers. That absolutely baffles me that OPT / Trevor apparently expected Glass type to not be very important to a buyer base that is heavily centric to comparing technical specs. Not to mention the collective IQ probably of said group likely has a IQ higher than any other hobbiest group of all time… barring maybe Astrophysic or Rocket engineering hobbiest.
Thats a very fair assessment and a lot more impartial then i have heard from anyone else.
William optics is a great company. It was really to bad that they were not at NEAF this year. I hope their country can remain in existence.
Museum gloves - lint-free museum or clean room gloves protect exposed lenses from you. They're cheap. They work.
Air duster cans, usual thing is LPG (propane), can jet liquid, leaves marks, avoid.
Invertible air duster, compressed clean dry air. Use down the tube to remove dust, spiders, etc. The little puffer cannot do that job. Alternatively if you have an air brush compressor with a moisture trap, the dry air brush jet.
DIY mini 'clean room' - a photographic light tent big enough for your head and shoulders. Less dust, and you don't loose small screws and springs.
I do have all of those tings however showing it on the video would scare people from doing it.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel Know what you mean. I worked in a lab. The inner coating on a lens is a lot softer than the outside. So removing a finger print inside is a case of oh dear - like cleaning a camera sensor.
@@jeffslade1892 Fingerprint oils vary considerably from person to person. Some people have greasy fingers that are like acid and it destroys whatever it touches instantly. (the movie alien comes to mind) I myself have rather tepid finger oils. My own mother has particularly deadly oils in her skin. She latterly strips the gold off of her jewelry.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel everyone fingerprints, and it will transfer and migrate. Not just oils, moisture and proteins too, entire chemistry set. For example a watch battery should never be touched by bare hand or they fail. External end lenses have a hard coating but this is not best for optics. On internal lens faces the surface correction coating is so soft it needs special care. You are fitting a replacement lens to correct fault, you don't want to introduce a new one.
I do not think a full clean room suit is necessary and a mask is not a good look for a talking head video ;)
Last March I bought a used TS-branded 61EDPH II . I am having a lot of trouble imaging with astrophotography - unrelated to the scope - so I don't have any good images with it yet. I really need to get an image to look for chromatic aberration. Can you recommend a target to test? Latitude 49 N.
I don't blame Trevor for the design of the Raptor, but I do blame him for claiming that he had designed it.
The best target to test it on is M45. The blue stars will remedially show the issue and you will see purple fringing if there is a problem.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel Pleiades have the advantage of being very easy to find in the sky. Thanks. Maybe Thursday night!
@@TheNarrowbandChannel Yep, big blue bloated stars. Now to see if I can get a replacement lens assembly. Thank you for steering me in the right direction to this point.
Nowadays almost every thing Trevor talks is sponsored.
This is true. He probably does none sponsored content on his payed channel but I am not a member so have no way of saying for certain.
Mine is branded "TS Optics". Otherwise identical, right down to the colour scheme.
Yes they sell a lot of scopes in europe for sharpstar. Including a few we cannot get at all in the usa
G’day Ben
Great review mate, very informative & un biased
Cheers & all best for New Years
Thanks Ben!
I just subscribed based on this video. I’m looking for a travel scope and caught the Raptor review you speak of. My first thought was someone was going after the Redcat market and I found that interesting. The fact that this was their first scope made me immediately think that it was an OEM rebranded. A little more digging led me here. I appreciate the honesty and clarity of your review. Like you, I use the Asiair and an EAF, so I’m happy to see that they adapt. I’ll likely go this route. I have a dedicated astro camera, cooled color ASI533mc. I now only need to choose a good star tracker type mount (do any work with the Asiair? ) and hope the airlines don’t lose my tripod. :/
Im headed to 12 degrees north this winter. Should be interesting.
Just about all goto mounts will work with the ASIAIR. They have done a good job with mount compatibility. I myself use iOptron products. Their mounts are lighter than most.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel i know. My main mount is a CEM40. I also won the lottery. It tracks as well unguided as with ;)
@@lwizzit Truly a one in a million mount!
Fantastic review really informative. I agree with your prediction, I think Sharpstar (and Askar) will be very big over the new few years.
Mostly agree with this discussion. I had one of the early triplet EDPH2 in the UK and never had CA issues though. Maybe I got a different batch or maybe my use of cuts or narrowband saved me.
The scope itself is 335mm and I use it now with a TSRED279 at about 265mm and an Altair variable 1.0x pure flattener at 335.
Personally I’ll never trust anything TJ says after the fiasco over the Raptor, which was staggeringly over priced as well.
Yes narrow band imaging will totally sidestep the issue. And also RGB imaging with a mono camera will to since you are refocusing for each band of color.
Great Review! Very informative and consistent!
Thank you!
Hi, watching this video in 2024. I think your prediction about Sharpstar / Askar aged well. Now they have a whole line of (afaik) very good scopes. BTW, have you tried the tiny Sharpstar 50edph? And yes, I saw the video you mentioned about the raptor and ouch it was brutal (but true to a good extent, I'm afraid...). Anyway, good the telescope have proven being a good one and Sharpstar stood behind its product. All the best.
Thanks yes and they want me to test their new giant refractor that is 8in. Thing is I do not have a mount that could hold that much weight.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel that 180mm is amonsterscope! I'm intrigued by the tiny 50mm as I like imaging with an Evoguide. Maybe your ioptron mount ould carry that 180?
@@sjpp71 I don't think it could.
I've always wondered would there be any benifits in using a telescope like these over my olympus Pro lens? 🤔
You can use this wide open. No need to stop down.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel ah 300mm f4 wide open is usable not to mention the 40-150 F2.8 😍 just wondered if there was any other really world benifits... Thank you for taking the time to reply, love the channel
I need that spacer and the longer vixen rail for the 61EDPHII, can you please share where you got it? thanks in advance!
The longer rail is from Sharpstar. They made it just for this scope.
The spacer I have a video about on the channel.
Might be a bit late for commenting, but as an amateur photographer from China, I tend to believe that Sharpstar was also involved in this... "design".
They manufactured both.
I notice these refractors are almost always sold with the telescope rings, dovetail, and guide scope shoe(?? or whatever its called). I want one to use with my big chunky camera lenses (like the 135mm f2 Rokinon). I cannot seem to find one that is sold separately. Do you happen to know where I can get one??
I do not. I might try to reach out to Sharpstar directly though. Perhaps they might abridge you.
Never hurts to ask.
Excellent video. Thanks
Great video. Thanks for sharing all that useful info.
My pleasure!
Any thoughts on the $US525 electronic focuser that OPT sells for this scope?
It appears to be a rebranded product as well. Its only feature that is interesting is the clutch so you can manually focus rathe quickly. I believe Starlight Express makes them. They are 265$luntsolarsystems.com/product/si-efs-electronic-focusing-system/#configuration
Personally I would just get a 200 ZWO focuser since I am an AA+ user. A lot less expensive. That is what I in fact did. :)
@@TheNarrowbandChannel It is an Optec unit. They are very good premium focusers. More suitable for a a Tac or Stellarvue. Kind of silly to put one on a Sharpstar.
@@davidkennedy3050 Ya just get an EAF. Lot less money.
Is there any chance you can try the cheap trackers from fb and ig? If they are worth the small price, or just a waste of money? 😊
I am not familiar with those abbreviations FB and IG.
Nice objective review.
That is in part 2
But is it good for full frame camera?
I covered that in the video. You would have to crop the image as the vignette is about 80% on 35mm sensors. Unless you are talking about APCS or FMT full frame cameras. By the way full frame just means the sensor fits the lens.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel 14:47 got it
LMAO not only is Trevor a liar, he's also ignorant. I have no respect for what he does. This Raptor is the biggest PoS telescope I own. I'm mad at myself for wasting the money on it and believing the crap that spewed from Trevor's mouth. Thank you for the comparison. More people need to see these types of videos inorder to make an informed and independent decision before making the same mistake I did.
That german tells a few lies in his video too.
@@TheNarrowbandChannel sorry, I don't follow. What German/video are you referring to?
Naw you probably don’t even know what your talking about, lemme guess your a skeptical person who see a big Astro Youruber who makes a video about a product,
Then you come across a video of a guy that follows himself and he spews put hate because his channel not getting no where! And you go hey he’s right Trevor has a big following he must be a POS because my life sucks and he’s is great so I’m going to hate on him!
Sounds about right? Your the type of guy that watches FOX news and on the news they say “James Web telescope” is fake and they used video editing to show the world lies about sending it out.
And you go yeah FOXnews is right? And also the earth is flat! Because , Because ima go against the grain , because my life sucks like shit and fuck the world.
We all know your type my boy.
Never buy a new scope design…do your research from multiple sources before you buy or prepare to be burned
Great review with lots of packed valuable informations 👍
I was wondering how do you align the Zwo 30mm finder scope to the main scope with two screws only? I find that incredibly hard. Especially at higher magnification the main scope composition turns out off centre pretty often. Do you have any tips on how to properly align the two scopes with two screws only on the finder scope?!? Thanks a bunch, any help appreciated. 🍻👍
That is a very good question. With a scope of this short a focal length it will not hurt your guiding. Just be sure to do a good polar alignment. There are guid scope mounts that allow you to aim them. www.ebay.com/itm/304134979882?hash=item46cfdb812a:g:hqwAAOSw7RBhNarf
@@TheNarrowbandChannel Thanks for taking the time to respond, appreciated. Yeah, that SVBony mount looks exactly like I was missing, perfect. Now all I need to check is the diameter of the ZWO guider scope. I have the impression it might be too narrow in diameter. Regardless the diameter question your tip was very helpful, thanks.
Radian was a lousy copy and is now dead. Get a William Optics Redcat. They rock and are very sharp
👌👍👍🙏🙏