The planetary detail at 340X was astonishing. One of the companions who is a big defender of the apocromatics in planetary observation, told me that it was the best images of Jupiter and Saturn he had ever seen. The Crab nebula had the shape we see in the photographs. M36,M37,M38,ngc1907 were wonderful. Setting up and collimation are very easy.
Star testing shows a premium mirror.
Now I know that I'm probably the owner of the best telescope in Portugal, at least in what concerns amateur astronomy. I'm a professional musician and your craftsmanship is up there with the best instrument makers. Inserting the primary mirror. After only a few months, the guy who couldn't find M31 without a computer can now find a dozen Messier objects without even looking at a book. To hear people gasp after taking their first look thru the eyepiece is music to my ears.