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Review by: Ron
This scope is optically excellent. I use it more often than my TOA 150 because it is easier to set up due to being smaller and lighter. (Posted on 10/24/2019)
Review by: Rainer
Excellent refractor with good star resolution as well as no colour aberration. Excellent for Deep Space objects imging.
Rainer (Posted on 10/27/2018)
Rainer (Posted on 10/27/2018)
Review by: The Doctor
I have the TOA 150, TOA 130, TSA 120, FSQ-85. I have these because I want the best available APO refractors on the market and available without a long wait time or a need to buy them used. There are a lot of great scopes out there but Takahahsi is in the top three best scopes out there. The other two being Astro Physics and TEC. And the TOA series is the only one on the market to use two ED elements instead of just one.
The TOA 130 with its double ED FPL-53 elements mean the most crisp, clear, true colored views out there in any scope. I used to own a Astro Physics 155 and TEC 140 as well. I don't now because when I compared the views between the AP 155 and TOA 150 as well as the views in the TEC 140 and TOA 130 the TOA scopes won. The views were very good in both the AP/TEC and the Tak's but the Tak's provided more of what I call a true color of the stars. In the AP and the TEC the stars were a warmer color especially in the red/orange range. Too warm to me. Where as the Tak's captured the true color of the stars. The stars are tack sharp to the edge of the field without a field flattener either.
For imaging you will want a flattener if your sensor size is over an APS-C/KAF-8300 sensor. Below that the flattener is optional. Also important to note is that TEC corrects for visual not AP. So if you are using a Sony sensor then you may get bloated stars in the blue channel. This is a known problem with TEC and Yuri may have addressed it but you will not have any bloat with a TOA.
Bottom line is if you are looking for a top shelf incredibly well corrected 5" APO refractor then the TOA 130 is the best choice on the market today. And one that you can get right now. (Posted on 10/26/2018)
The TOA 130 with its double ED FPL-53 elements mean the most crisp, clear, true colored views out there in any scope. I used to own a Astro Physics 155 and TEC 140 as well. I don't now because when I compared the views between the AP 155 and TOA 150 as well as the views in the TEC 140 and TOA 130 the TOA scopes won. The views were very good in both the AP/TEC and the Tak's but the Tak's provided more of what I call a true color of the stars. In the AP and the TEC the stars were a warmer color especially in the red/orange range. Too warm to me. Where as the Tak's captured the true color of the stars. The stars are tack sharp to the edge of the field without a field flattener either.
For imaging you will want a flattener if your sensor size is over an APS-C/KAF-8300 sensor. Below that the flattener is optional. Also important to note is that TEC corrects for visual not AP. So if you are using a Sony sensor then you may get bloated stars in the blue channel. This is a known problem with TEC and Yuri may have addressed it but you will not have any bloat with a TOA.
Bottom line is if you are looking for a top shelf incredibly well corrected 5" APO refractor then the TOA 130 is the best choice on the market today. And one that you can get right now. (Posted on 10/26/2018)
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