What's Up? Webcast: Quattro Imaging Newtonians

Sky-Watcher What's Up?: Quattro Imaging Newtonians
(Episode 49)
The Quattro series of telescopes blends aperture and speed into one elegant package. We take a look at the entire Quattro series, their features and what makes them a serious scope to consider.
What's Up? webcast take place right here on the Sky-Watcher USA KZbin channel every Friday from 10am to 11am Pacific.
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[@captgbakos1291]

Great presentation. I finally took delivery of my 8" Quattro and EQ6-R Pro and coma corrector, but of course my SLR T-ring is back ordered. So close!! But that's Ok, plenty to do getting used to the setup doing visual, which has been an absolute thrill since this is my first go-to mount and first scope with decent aperture. This mount/scope combo just seems to check the right boxes in terms of capability/affordability/portability. Looking forward to lots of time under the stars now that the temps are consistently above freezing.

[@kavi14in]

Excellent presentation....lots of knowledge illustration.... very kind of you....my heart felt salutation to your good self

[@kyzercube]

Just bought the 200p Quattro and I am very impressed! My old Newtonian is a Meade R8 and it's in HORRIBLE condition and it's 9 years old. The R8 focal barrel was literally falling apart. I couldn't level it to save my life, and the mirror had to be replaced ( committed the greatest amateur astronomy sin, dropped a screwdriver onto it ), and the GSO mirror I got was absolute garbage. Focal length was too long which required barrel extensions amplifying the focal barrel issues I already had, and I got skimped out on the edge of the mirror. It was like a 190mm and not a 200-203mm mirror. I was dealing with so much BS from my old telescope that I not only put out the money for the 200p but even paid for a 3 year damage warranty and after unboxing, I am so very glad I committed! It just looks and works beautifully! No buyer's remorse finally lol!

[@SkyWatcherUSA]

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[@PatJones82]

These videos are excellent! Great channel! Makes me want to support this company even more.

[@SkyWatcherUSA]

Thanks Pat! There's so much great info that Kevin packs in to each episode.

[@andreguimaraes96]

Awesome video tks

[@JackieO74]

Great video :) I have recently purchased the 8’’ in Quattro and love it!! Only one thing that bugs my OCD for perfect stars … do you have suggestions or solution to getting rid of the strange diffraction spikes that are present between the normal diffraction spikes?

[@julianparks8485]

Have you collimated your telescope? OR Are you using a coma corrector?

[@matthewbrown8679]

Why use your proprietary coating rather than enhanced aluminum? Is it worth the hit in reflectivity? Is there anything on the reflectivity vs wavelength? And what is the overall quality of the optics? Great video on selling f4 newt imagers, but I wish you gave me more reason to get one of yours.

[@chrisstrobel3439]

Skywatcher is great price to performance ration gear, but I wish they would work on the fit and finish more on their products, I have a casting defect/protruding burr so sharp on my EQ6-R Pro right under where you plug the power cable in that will cut your finger if your not careful 🤕 Anyway I enjoy these KZbin vids. Question, who actually makes these mirrors, is it the same factory that makes Orion’s Newtonian mirrors? Thanks 👍

[@oz6123]

Too bad on discontinuing the carbon fiber models. They were perhaps the most innovative and sexy looking scopes around.

[@matthewbrown8679]

How well will the focuser handle weight? Qhy600 + filter wheel + coma corrector

[@tww00]

What is the mounting thing between the Evoguide and the Quattro on the picture at 33:00??? I'm looking for something like that. I only got the dovetail version of the Evoguide, and can't buy the guidescope shoe adapter anywhere...

[@hugobatema]

The Nexus performs also visually very well.

[@ChristianProulx]

Where can we find your calculator on the website?

[@Thomasp671]

Does the 12 have the baffles ?

[@okeania]

Where is that excel file?

[@cemoguz2786]

You do not have to get spikes on newts you just use maksutov newts. Btw does skywatcher mn 190/1000 have the same focus?

[@komr323]

What are the main differences btw Quattro and telescope like 250/1200 as an astrograph?

[@cemoguz2786]

F ratio

[@ChrisKonieczny]

would you throw an 8" on an eq6-r?

[@scalemodelenthusiast1633]

Carbon fiber vs mental tubes. Carbon fiber dose not expand and contract but the mirror in the scope does....

[@velocechannel]

What the difference between Skywatcher Quattro 200p and Explorer 200p?

[@matthewbrown8679]

The explore scientific 8 inch newt has higher reflectivity.

[@NuttyPotato]

is this good for visual ???

[@SkyWatcherUSA]

The Quattros can be used visually but we would recommend a coma corrector for best performance such as the Paracorr 2 from TeleVue or something similar.

[@scalemodelenthusiast1633]

There are two types of countries in the world, those that use the metric system and those that have landed on the moon

[@perseus9084]

Без метрической системы эта страна и от земли бы не оторвалась!

[@cemoguz2786]

Good flex but for good reasons nasa does not use imperial system anymore.