What's Up? Webcast: Overlooked Products

What's Up? Webcast: Overlooked Products
(Episode 201)
This week on the What's Up? webcast we take a look at our overlooked products.
Sky-Watcher offers a wide range of products from beginner to advanced. In this episode we take a dive into some of our lesser known products and bring them into the limelight.
What's Up? webcast take place right here on the Sky-Watcher USA KZbin channel every Friday from 10am to 11am Pacific.
For more information on Sky-Watcher products please visit www.skywatcherusa.com

[@MrMrduke1975]

I am excited for my Quattro 150P to be delivered today

[@mikehardy8247]

Try learning the night sky in bortle 9, and you'll soon realize why a goto system is almost necessary. I just got a Skywatcher Dobsonian SynScan 10". Even this is kind of tough. Finding 3 stars for alignmen is hard. Going to darker skies is doable, but newbs, are going to find this a hassle at first. I've been looking at, and imaging the moon for 60 years. My first look with this dob, and included 10" eye piese took my breath away! WOW. Worth the price of admission. Can't wait to start really seeing the planets later this summer.

[@scotiaastro]

As the proud owner of both a Skymax 127 and an AZ-EQ6 GT Pro mount, I heartily agree! Great video and hope you and the team are all having fun at NEAIC and NEAF, Kevin! :)

[@larryfine4719]

I have the MN190 - it's great! At 1000mm focal length it does a great job on smaller nebula and galaxies. No reducer or flattener is required. My only complaint is the focuser which is something most peeps replace.

[@a16383]

Why can't I find anything on your eq-al55i pro mount? Even in SW's website... Also online: no reviews, no comments.... I wish there were some reviews on this mount, as I am yet to decide bewteen it and the Adventurer Gti...

[@marcusa3177]

Y'know what would make them maks fly off the shelf? Matched reducer/correctors. Get them to somewhere astrophotographers would use e.g. f8-ish at 1000mm FL via a f6.3 reducer, people will take a long hard look at them vs say, comparable SCTs. Engineer them in a way that one can fit the usual accessories there easily (e.g. electronic focuser, a guidescope or OAG, maybe even a filter wheel) and you'd have a very, very compelling product (and that will really help in balancing out the big mirror up front) that will work for both visual and astrophotography. And honestly - if I have the mount and space for that mak-newt, I'd get one and all it a day in scope collecting. Well, aside from a small one for visual, but that mak-newt will be the main imaging workhorse that will putter on while I star-surf before turning in at night.

[@georgebokovos]

Great video! Using a Skymax 150 with a binoviewer, I have seen the best views of the Moon and planets ever, it is really an excellent telescope.

[@patrickobrien5109]

I got my Startravel 120 for Solar - have the. Baader 2in Hershel wedge

[@brianhayward8240]

With your current prices, not sure why you wouldn't just go for the 200p over the 150p classic dob.

[@SkyWatcherUSA]

Most prefer the 200P for that very reason but we offer the 150 just incase.

[@Broke-Ass-Trophotographer]

Sharing the love with SW

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

Like! Is it true that triplet refractors lose collimation faster and more easily than doublets and have to be recollimated more often ?

[@SkyWatcherUSA]

No, a well built refractor holds collimation well. Any well designed refractor should rarely need alignment.

[@MountainFisher]

150mm is more than double what a 102 has in light gathering power. radius squared times pi or 75x75= 5625 x 3.14159= 17,671 where the 102 is 8,171 square mm. That is minus the central obstruction % as with all types of reflectors.

[@brianhayward8240]

What AZ manual mount would you recommend for the Esprit 100? EDIT: Funny, you mentioned you put an Esprit 100 on this mount right after I typed in the question. Thought it is a bit heavier than the stated capacity of the AZ5, especially with premium eyepieces.

[@SkyWatcherUSA]

The AZ5 is pushing it with an Esprit 100. We would recommend the DiscMount DM-4 or the larger DM-6. Expensive but one of the best AZ offers on the market.

[@vascoribeiro69]

From Europe, has the MAK127 visual back a SCT thread instead of the MAK thread, an adapter ring or the visual back has the female Mak thread?

[@SkyWatcherUSA]

You need to check with your local distributor and specifications can vary depending on what the distributor imports.

[@MountainFisher]

Sorry, but you are mistaken on the AZ-EQ's weight capacity. It is 44 lbs. maximum both sides combined, not 44 lbs per side.

[@larryfine4719]

I think you can replace the counterweights for another scope and of course the weights need to match.

[@MountainFisher]

@@larryfine4719 I search out and measure binary star systems that the US Naval Observatory needs more data on the orbits and possible multiple stars besides those in the Washington Double Star catalogue. Which is the world's database that the USNO has been tasked with maintaining. I considered buying the AZ-EQ and it says 44 lbs. maximum for both sides, go look it up, it most definitely cannot handle 88 lbs. I wanted a double Alt-Az and ended up getting the iOptron AZ Pro that has a max weight of 43 lbs and has its own gps and self aligns and it was on sale for nearly $400 off. Its database has over 112,000 objects and is considerably more user friendly than SynScan is. I bought an ADM dual saddle for the secondary side because the one iOptron has is shaky for longer scopes. It is of course strictly alt-az, but I didn't want it for photography, that I have a EQ mount for.

[@TevisC]

Why isn't the 130pds in the USA? I want that scope

[@SkyWatcherUSA]

We looked into this scope but then the Quattro 150P came out. We do not sell the PDS series as they are all f/5 and we already offer the Quattro (f/4) series. There is no need to carry both f/5 and f/4 newtonians. As nice as the 130 PDS is (we have a sample of one) the Quattro 150P makes more sense for us to carry.

[@TevisC]

I have the SWQ150 Astrobin /users/evre/ I strongly disagree that having an f4 makes the f5 moot. The added focal length is very nice. F5 is easier to collimate. F5 is still a fast 'enough' scope. All together I think the 130pds is an excellent beginner to experienced astrophotographer. Also, I don't care for the .85 reducer cc even though it gets me to f3.45. The image circle on even a 533mm has a lot of falloff. I much prefer the 0.95 cc I'm using now. Why I want the 130pds?? Because with a .95x cc at f5 is what I wanted in the first place except I didn't want to import from the EU.. I feel robbed of the choice.. Also.. put better focuser on these.. I have the the tension screw real tight to keep it from slipping with a 533mc.. going to get the $170 focuser Cuiv upgraded to.