Unveiling a Dream Telescope: A Special Unboxing, Made Possible by You!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2023
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Really chuffed for you mate. In the old days this would have sparked jealousy, but I'm just excited for you. That's some nice optics. Now do us proud with some nice images and enjoy taking them!
Awh thanks mate! It's ready to rock when the sky is :)
Oh I'm jealous alright!! Ha
I forgot to say congratulations. Man what a beautiful thing. It’s like a finely made katana. My wife is Japanese and I’ve been dying to get back to Japan to go visit where Hoya glass is manufactured.
Hey thanks Garnett, I hope you get back there soon! They certainly know how to craft a scope; have you seen this video? th-cam.com/video/BC0dBh53dyI/w-d-xo.html I've also been drawn to the Japanese culture since I started studying Karate age 6. Clear skies!
Takahashi telescopes just ooze quality of design and build, and you get your certificate of manufacture packed separately too. Hope you have many hours of great observing with your Tak 100 DC Apochromatic refractor. I have the little FOA-60 Takahashi, which is my grab and go on a purely manual mount, for very portable, fast, non-fiddly, observing. I was recently observing M13, and the view was razor sharp, pinpoint stars, and surprisingly bright for such a small aperture, but that’s what you get with a true Apochromatic refractor.
Ooh you have the FOA 60, very nice! I've heard the optical quality per aperture is unbeatable with the 1.7x extender taking the scope up to f/15.
Wow it looks great! Looking forward to seeing first light
Thats Cool Scope man!! Good luck On using it! 👍🏻
Hey Avanteesh! I've had my eye on this scope for a number of years so it's unreal to now own it! Super excited to use it Clear skies hopefully soon mate :)
What a fantastic instrument Chris I'm looking forward to seeing this in action. Great purchase and clear skies cheers Ryan
Thanks Ryan! Hopefully very soon! I set my alarm for 2am this morning to try and catch Saturn low down in the south, but it was of course cloudy. I may be paying the cloud gods for a while with this purchase :D
Congratulations Chris, that is one beautiful instrument.
Thanks Kevin, I'm a lucky man!
This is superb scope. Sharp like razor. Only Vixen 100ED f7.7 comes close.
Aw mate I'm so happy for you! That's absolutely superb to see!! 😀Wishing you many happy nights with that scope!
P.S - Keep living your best life with those bendy thumbs mate! :-D
Thanks so much Luke! I'm biting at the bit for first light, and would love it to be Saturn in the early morning sky, or the Moon. No luck yet as I'm of course paying the cloud gods (and the rain gods), so twiddling my bendy thumbs in the meantime :D
I hope you have many wonderful hours observing with that beautiful telescope.
Thank you! :)
Ooolala! What a beauty. Best wishes for some clear dark sky for you to enjoy it with 👍
Have fun and clear skies
I would always opt for the clamshell, but hey, stunning scope! Grass is Greener syndrome makes me a little envious of the 6x30 finder. Can’t help but wonder “was that the better one?”😅
Well done!
I’ll catch up now on your more recent videos. See how the Tak’s going 🔭
Serious stuff when the wedding ring comes off! Lol! ;) Nice job Chris and excited to see your future uploads with the new baby! Hope you get some clear skies with it soon! :)
Hehe as soon as I heard the initial clank of the wedding ring on that lovely cream paint job, I thought I'm not having that lol Hopefully clear skies soon, it's been a funny month with the weather.
Congratulations one the fine new scope. I have the DF version and I love it. I'm sure that you will love your Takahashi too.
Nice! Thanks for sharing.
Watched it all, I am so happy for you! Please do a reaction video when using it for the first time, this was lovely to see!
I certainly will do, and thank you so much!
Grats! A fine scope indeed! CS! :)
Nice Chris , hope you got mates rates on that purchase 😂
Sure did! :)
Looks great Chris lovely looking scope I'm sure it's going to give you many hours of enjoyment using it.
Hey thank you kindly Tich!
Congrats on the new Tak!
Got a celestron az 102.
Does 95% of what this Tak does, and cost (used) was 2.6% of the Tak.
I wonder if i could see a difference.
But, I STILL WANT THAT TAK!
Likewise, owned various Synta (Sky-Watcher/Celestron) ED100 f/9 refractors over the years, and always wondered about the extra bit of Tak performance. I should find out soon enough!
Awesome
Well done Chris! Now you have a reference scope for lots of eyepiece review vids, I imagine your work can loan you a few EPs to reveiw
Hey thanks! I've been doing some low key eyepiece testing for potential product lines; looking at some zoom eyepieces currently. I'm not sure I can go on camera with those, however, the Tak has inspired me to buy better eyepieces which I will be up for reviewing :)
Congrats on a new scope.
Don't take this comment as a downer, just perspective of your audience. :)
I'm not sure how I feel about Takahashi scopes.
Other scopes match performance for fraction of price.
Difficult to adapt for auto focus.
Expensive flatteners - focal reducers.
This as a doublet can't really be speed up with focal reducers as ca will start getting noticable in imaging at or faster than f6.
I'm real disappointed in that packaging. Would have thought they would have used shaped soft foam.
Hi Tevis, I've enjoyed viewing and imaging with the Tak so far. There is an affordable adapter plate to attach the ZWO EAF here: www.firstlightoptics.com/zwo-accessories/zwo-eaf-bracket-for-sky-watcher-esprit-takahashi-vixen-vc200l/ref/astrolavista/ Thankfully I don't need a flattener with my little ZWO ASI585mc camera as the Tak 100dc optics are quite flat. I've had few of the Synta Sky-Watcher/Celestron ED100 f/9 over the years which are supposed to perform 90% as well and I can see that. I would say the Tak image is more neutral/pure, less of a yellow tinge to the image but there is very little difference in terms of CA between the more expensive Tak and the more affordable ED100 f/9 although they are longer scopes, the Tak is very light and compact. Having star tested the Tak it has a better figured lens, neither under or over corrected. The Synta ED100 I've owned at least have shown differences in Fresnel ring definition either intra or extra focus. Having said this the Tak does cost a lot more so your paying for an advantage that will only show when the seeing is good. I was going to go for the more affordable Starfield 102ED which performs nearly as well although heavier, but I did get a great deal on the Tak so I went for it and have no regrets so far thankfully as it was still a lot of money.. I like the triple boxing but a case would have been nice considering the cost :)
Excellent telescope congratulations
Many thanks Tony.
That Tak is a lot sharper than your scissors.
I have the same 'hyper-extendable' thumbs 👍 😊
Neat hand writing is a challenge for me, I don't know about you?
@AstroLaVista I'm actually a pretty neat handwriter, I used to be able to bend my fingers all the way back too. Some call it double jointed I think, but that is a fallacy - the joints are just 'hyper-extendable'
You should use that proper box cutter,, With a pair of scissors if you slip and go to the you could damage some of your equipment.
WT…..!!!!!!!!!! Sweet man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A Tak!!!! Sick!!! Love it love it! Omg jealous!!!!!
Feeling super lucky mate :)
Wow you're in the big leagues now astro-bro 😊
What you have there Chris is one of the three R's
Rolls Royce Refractor !
And I'm not envious in the slightest 😫
I'm a lucky man for sure!
**puts it on the bed**
**starts to unwrap it**
"Let me take my wedding ring off."
👀👀👀
:D
How long dose it take to open up one box 🤨😮💨😐, just pointing out the elephant in the room don't have a knife/box cutter. Gezz lol. I like the video though
Everything I own is blunt. Scissors, knifes you name it ;)
great scope.....now save some money for a pocket knive or a sharp scisor......😂😂😂
:D I swear everything is blunt in this house so you do have a point (excuse the pun)
Kyrie Eleison! Clear skies brother.
😓 "Promo sm"
Queria ver el video pero me aburrio la apertura de caja 😒👎
7:37 Does your missus know that you're having an affair with a Japanese lady called Takahashi? 🤔😂
:D