{"id":448,"date":"2020-11-21T14:31:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T14:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coochey.net\/?p=448"},"modified":"2020-11-21T14:31:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T14:31:56","slug":"esprit-120ed-pro-arrival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coochey.net\/?p=448","title":{"rendered":"Esprit 120ED Pro Arrival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">OK, Well the Esprit 120ED Pro has finally arrived. So a few unboxing photos, which I will follow up with a video comparing the upgrade from the Achromatic StarTravel 120T to this new Apochromatic scope, in particular testing out the Sesto Senso 2 on the Esprit, and comparing it with the DC Motor on the StarTravel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161441.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161441.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161441-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161441-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161441-624x303.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Above, the box it came in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161654-1-498x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161654-1-498x1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161654-1-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161654-1-768x1580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161654-1-747x1536.jpg 747w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161654-1-996x2048.jpg 996w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161654-1-624x1283.jpg 624w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161654-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption>Feeling like Russion Dolls<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161928-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161928-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161928-2-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161928-2-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_161928-2-624x303.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Now what might be inside this quality case.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_163742-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_163742-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_163742-2-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_163742-2-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_163742-2-624x303.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Looks like they used a ED100 allocated focuser on this 120ED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_163733-2-498x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_163733-2-498x1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_163733-2-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_163733-2-768x1580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_163733-2-747x1536.jpg 747w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_163733-2-996x2048.jpg 996w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_163733-2-624x1283.jpg 624w, https:\/\/coochey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201120_163733-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption>It is definitely a Esprit 120ED though<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">I am told that there should not be any difference between the ED100 and the ED120 focusers, they are the same model, the only difference is the sticker, which I will either remove, or it might drop off with dew in time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, Well the Esprit 120ED Pro has finally arrived. So a few unboxing photos, which I will follow up with a video comparing the upgrade from the Achromatic StarTravel 120T to this new Apochromatic scope, in particular testing out the Sesto Senso 2 on the Esprit, and comparing it with the DC Motor on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[144,27,143,53,118],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","tag-120ed","tag-astronomy","tag-esprit","tag-pro","tag-skywatcher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coochey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coochey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coochey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coochey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coochey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coochey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"https:\/\/coochey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coochey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coochey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coochey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}