Michael Taormina Reviews

The PST is truly a technological breakthrough in the solar h-alpha telescope market. As a current owner of a Coronado Maxscope 60, which itself is an incredible scope, I had expected the views in my much lower priced PST to be noticeable lower in quality, due to its advertised <1.0A bandpass, and 40mm aperature. What I saw when I looked through the eyepiece of my PST for the first time was downright shocking! The view was simply incredible, to say the least. Disk detail was striking, with h-alpha disk details like filaments, nice and dark, and plage, nice and bright. The overall brightness of the image was very comfortable to view with my 12mm Cemax eyepiece, which yield the best performance of the Cemax eyepieces I tried. I would definitely recommend getting the Coronado custom hardcase for your PST along with the complete set of Cemax eyepieces & barlow. As an h-alpha enthusiast who has owned many different h-alpha scopes and filters over the past 15 years, both from DayStar and Coronado, I would have to say that the Coronado PST, hands down, gives the best performance with respect to its price. Its performance rivals h-alpha viewing systems costing thousands more. At only $499, it is a bargain you shouldnt pass up.