Name: Sky-Watcher EvoStar 100ED / ProED 100 100mm ED Refractor Telescope Optical Tube
Brand: Sky-Watcher
SKU: SKWS11120
Price: 1255.00 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.1 (9 reviews)

Sky-Watcher EvoStar 100ED / ProED 100 100mm ED Refractor Telescope Optical Tube

Sky-Watcher EvoStar

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Buy: Sky-Watcher EvoStar 100ED / ProED 100 100mm ED Refractor Telescope Optical Tube Aperture: 4" (100mm), Eyepiece Diameter: 1.25", Type: Refracting

Take your stargazing experience to the next level with the EvoStar 100ED / ProED 100 100mm ED Refractor Telescope Optical Tube. This top-tier telescope, crafted by Sky-Watcher, a renowned leader in the design and manufacture of ED-APO systems, offers unparalleled optical and mechanical quality. The EvoStar 100ED APO Refractor is part of Sky-Watcher's extensive line of ED-APOCHROMATIC refractors, known for their exceptional performance and high-quality fabrication materials. This telescope is designed to provide the amateur astronomer with peak performance and an unforgettable experience every time it's used. When observing with the Sky-Watcher EvoStar 100ED 100mm Refractor, you'll be amazed by the razor-sharp detail of lunar landscapes, the swirling equatorial bands of Jupiter, and the stunning surface phenomenon of Saturn. This telescope also excels in resolving double stars and viewing compact globular star clusters, offering a superior image quality compared to larger reflectors. As an astrograph, the EvoStar 100ED APO delivers crisp, high-fidelity imaging of planetary, lunar, and aperture-appropriate deep-space phenomena. Its design virtually eliminates residual chromatic aberration, commonly found in 2-element achromatic lens designs. This is achieved by using the finest extra-low dispersion (ED) glass available, FPL-53, resulting in the best color correction for an ED doublet lens. Selected models of the ED-APO refractors also benefit from the inclusion of Schott glass for the positive front Crown element in the objective. Known as the world leader in glass used for precision optical lens systems, Schott glass ensures the highest quality in your viewing or photography experience. Every lens in the EvoStar 100ED APO Refractor is individually inspected for purity and absence of striae and other image-degrading imperfections. Each air-to-glass lens surface is treated with Sky-Watcher's proprietary "Metallic High-Transmission Coatings" (MHC), ensuring optimum light throughput. The telescope features a precision 2" Crayford-style focuser, offering fine and ultra-fine focusing adjustments. The optical tube is made of aluminum, powder-coated in reflective gloss black with gold fleck accent, while the front and back cells are cast-aluminum painted white or black. The Sky-Watcher APO optical tubes come with attachment hardware, allowing them to be securely fastened to compatible mounts. The quick-release tube rings provided with the EvoStar 100ED APO models are cast-aluminum, painted white. In summary, the EvoStar 100ED / ProED 100 100mm ED Refractor Telescope Optical Tube is the ultimate choice for those seeking pristine, near textbook-perfect astronomical imaging. Experience the universe like never before with this exceptional piece of advanced instrumentation.

very good optics and overall design,  for imaging or guiding.

Good scope

This is a great little starter OTA for astrophotography and seeing as well. You'll need the field flattener for astrophotography, but well worth it.

A great OTA

Scope has long focus only attainable with extension tubes (not provided). 
Can't plop in an eyepiece or attach camera without accesories.
Has no instructions on how to use. Customer service advice: "It's only an Optical Tube Assembly."
I can't comment on optics.
Scope is nicely made and looks great!.

Needs Attachments To Use

The manual for this item can easily be found on the manufacturer's website. 
 skywatcher dot com/ download / manual/

Sky-Watcher EvoStar 100ED / ProED 100 Refractor Manual Location

I love the quality build on the scope, unfortunately I still haven?t used it outside yet. But it looks awesome

Sky Watcher evostar 120 ED

The Skywatcher EvoStar 80Ed is a great scope for the money.  Views are excellent using the supplied 20mm and 5mm eyepieces.  I was unsure how the scope would respond using the 5mm eyepiece, and was pleasantly surprised that the views with this ocular were sharp and crisp.  

Criticisms of doublets are based on the tendency of these scopes to provide green or purple fringing around the edges of bright objects.  With the 20mm eyepiece, I was able to discern minor green fringing around the waxing moon (about 3/4 full), but it was barely noticeable and did not detract from the views.

I mounted the scope on my Celestron AVX mount, which proved to be very steady.  On my first night with the scope, I viewed several galaxies, double stars, globular and open clusters, as well as the Moon, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Saturn.  All the views were tack sharp and pleasant.

All together, a great scope.

Great wide field refractor

Excellent telescope relation cost/benefit.   All accesories included.  Its like "plug&play".  I´m an amateur astrophotographer.   I only use it for astrophotography, not for terrestrial view.  Excellent and sharp images.  First time to use and boy  an APO ED.  I´m sure you are going to enjoy  it.
Highly recommended.
Adorama´s custermer service:  A++.

Awesome telescope

The scope looked good. Unfortunately, the manual was missing. I searched on line for one but I was unsuccessfully.

No Manual Included

I'm a bit of a scope junkie and have owned many. Tend to buy scopes, use them for a while and then give them away. This scope is a keeper! Great wide field views of brighter objects. Optics are fantastic. 

Mounted scope on Celestron CG-4 Equatorial Tripod. The Right Ascension knob at some stiction when I first used the scope but a little spray of silicone lubricant fixed that.

I also added a Tel-Rad for easier target pointing. 

A very capable APO Refractor that will provide very satisfying views with the Wow Factor!