The telescope's excellent color correction is a major advantage for color imaging. Click on image for larger view. Visually the telescope is an outstanding performer. With a 7-mm Nagler eyepiece, the brilliant star Vega appears pure white without a hint of color. The limb of the Moon is also crisp and color-free.
Lunar detail is impressive through the scope.
I realize that the small CCD does not take advantage of the telescope's large field, but the chip's size requires an instrument with a short focal length for wide-field imaging. The telescope delivers an unvignetted image 88 millimeters in diameter, and a usable field spanning about 114 mm. CCDs tax the optical performance of a refractor, and I have found the FSQ-106 to perform magnificently with my camera. It produces ultrasharp images with reliable and accurate color rendition. I have used it to make mosaic images of the entire Veil Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy, and North America Nebula.