Thread: Sharpstar 61EDPH vs WO or TSoptics 61 ed equivalent
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Old 08-06-2022, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by JoelRed View Post
I have had the Z61 since October 2020.

Personally.... I've never really been in love with it.

I don't know if my expectations were too high for it, but it has never really wowed me.

It looks and feels very well built.

Maybe it's because I use a OSC camera on it (ASI2600MC), but I have always found the stars to have a bit of a blue bloat to them and it also suffers a bit from pinched optics. This may not be an issue with a Mono camera.

I seriously looked at replacing it with either the 61EDPH-II or the (overpriced) Raptor 61, but after talking to Adriano at Testar, I never pulled the trigger.

At this point, I am only really keeping it around to take it to FNQ and get some images of M31, NGC7000 and Veil.

Hope any of this info helps.

Cheers,

Thanks Joel,
What did Adriano have to say about the sharpstar?
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