The RedCat 61 is very well made. I love the internal focuser and that other nice touches, such as the Bahtinov mask built into the lens cap. Stars imaged with the ASI2600MC Air (APS-C size) camera are perfectly round and pin-point sharp in all corners and throughout the frame. There's almost no chromatic aberration. I'm thinking about getting the

RedCat 91, or larger scope, as a result of this experience.

My NexStar SLT batteries are covered again!

I first purchased the AVS mount through High Point Scientific in 2017 and then subsequently purchased the mak cass 700 scope in 2013. They work very well together. The AVS mount itself works quite well. For astrophotography, I run it with an 8 inch RASA, a 50 mm scope with an ASI 120 camera for guiding, and an ASI 071 camera. I attach all of this

to the ASI Air and it tracks very, very nicely. I'm not an advanced astrophotographer, but I'm very happy with the photos that I get.

I have had only 2 issues with this mount. First, the power cable requires being screwed into the port. You have to be extremely careful that the port does not twist as you screw the power cable in place as this will cause the internal wires to tear away from whatever they are attached to. That is, by far, my number one complaint about this mount. My second issue was that I had to fix the plug on the power cord. The hand controller works pretty well, but the text on the screen is difficult to read at night as the text moves too rapidly and the words blur together. So, overall, I'd give the mount a "B".

The telescope, however, is excellent, and gets an "A". So far, I have no concerns with collimation. I am 54, in reasonably good shape, and I was able to place the telescope on the mount without any difficulty. The telescope comes with a nice dovetail that is the same as the RASA 8, so it fits my mount well. The finder is adequate and appropriate for the scope. Focusing is easy and seems precise. It comes with a 28 mm, 2 inch eyepiece with is actually incredibly nice. It's by far the nicest eyepiece that I have seen come with a telescope. So far, in one night, I have had the best views that I have every had through one of my own telescopes of Jupiter and Saturn, and the moon looks incredible. The 28 mm lens gives it an almost 3 dimensional quality. So on the whole, I'm very happy with the scope and mount. At some point, I will likely upgrade the mount to a CGX, but at this time, the mount works well with both the RASA 8 and the Mak Cass 700, which also complement each other well (wide field versus planetary).

Good place to find stuff and really good support team

Great product! Fits nice.

Not bad little filter, I've used it several times with good results.