Latest Reviews for MK105

Cindy
Jan 14,2023
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MK105, SVbony MK telescope, Review about MK105

As the first Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope we designed-the MK105, it has gotten a lot of attention recently, We released it in November, but due to logistics and other issues, it was delayed by almost a month! We are sorry for that and sincerely thank you for your understanding and support.

Now with the latest product reviews! Let's see what they said.

1.Paul E. Cizdziel---

I received my MK105 yesterday and did a little visual last night. Here are my impressions:

(1) The build quality is just as fine as other SVBony telescopes. Mechanically sound and good attention to detail.

(2) It was a little lighter and smaller than I expected

(3) Set-up and use was easy as 1-2-3

(4) With a 25mm AstroTech Paradigm eyepiece the contrast was fantastic at nearly 55x magnification; the stars were bright and I saw more than I ever did with my other scopes!

(5) I could easily see the glow and definition (some) of the Orion nebula under our Bortle class 7+ skies! A first for me!

(6) Focus allowed great resolution. My unit arrived with excellent collimation. Out of focus stars were beautiful symmetric donuts.

(7) The focus knob mirror movement mechanism is-what-it-is. Not great. But it is probably no better or worse than other MAK models. With a little patience, you can easily get beautiful pinpoint stars. And it stayed in-focus.

(8.) Views of the moon were breath-taking! Never seen anything like it! Wow! The contrast on crater shadows was amazing!

(9) This is my first reflector-based telescope and I was thrilled to see beautiful colors associated with stars! Much more than in my 503ED refractor. Mars was stunning in color and edge contrast. Jupiter & Saturn were unfortunately out of sight.

In conclusion, the SVBony MK105 is a great value and fun little scope for visual observing of the night sky. I am most definitely pleased with my purchase! Next I will try a little astrophotography when I get some more clear skies.

2.Harry Ellingsen---

Easy attach a focuser motor.

The focuser moves so easy and smooth so you dont need much friction. In this case I tried with masking tape ! Works perfect and because low friction I can also move the focuser knob by hand without removing the tape. I have ordered a small GT2 pully and a timing belt for testing.

3.Robert Powell--

My first Jupiter with my new MK105!! Overall, very pleased with the scope. Looking forward to using it more and more and get even better pictures.

4.Bruce Stoneman--

Svbony MK 105
Svbony sv305p planetary camera
Skywatcher AZ GTI in EQ mode
Firecapture
PIPP
Astrosurface
Testing the telescope camera combo. Windy and focusing issues (not the telescope, me. I have bahtinov mask for it didn't use 🙄). The smaller Jupiter using a 23mm eyepiece and was getting over 100 fps. The larger Jupiter using a 5x Barlow lens and was getting 20 fps (still need to play around with camera/firecapture settings).