From my perspective, I get the same image quality as the examples provided by astronomy sites for a telescope that diameter. The image is bright and detailed with optical provided. (Lunar craters is still something!). I also managed to read the time at night on a church located six kilometers away. Just waiting for the sky reveals to try to observe a planet (no doubt about the outcome) By cons it is true that as we use the Barlow or the rectifier is trickier. However, this telescope completed its job very well for amateur observations.
