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Originally Posted by Miaplacidus
Welcome George.
I am especially pleased that your name is not David. (There are far too many Davids on this forum, notwithstanding the fact that they all seem like nice blokes.)
I have drooled over online photos of the Zenithstar 105 triplet. How does it perform in the CNC-finished metal?
Cheers,
Brian.
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Thanks for the welcome Brian.
The WO Z105 is a scaled up version of the 80mm zenithstar or Megrez. My experience with refractors is limited to the the ones I own so my opinion is very subjective and possibly not very informed.
The industrial design, machining, anodising, focusing mechanism and finish product are excellent for the price, mind you that I bought it as a factory second.
Optically it is in my opinion excellent. I get the best star images from the WO Z105 than from any other of my scopes. No chromatic abberation whatsoever. The WO Z105 images are equal if not better than the ones from the Orion ED80, but they are brighter and I can see deeper in the sky. However it needs about 20-30 minutes to cool down in order to get the best images under high magnification.
George