{"id":2414,"date":"2025-10-10T20:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2026-01-10T13:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:39:10","slug":"first-thoughts-on-the-celestron-9-25-edge-hd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/?p=2414","title":{"rendered":"First impressions on the Celestron 9.25&#8243; Edge HD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OK so, as you can see from some of my pictures my primary scope is my ZWO 130mm FF, this scope is amazing, and while its a rebrand of the Askar 130PHQ, ZWO&#8217;s support, packaging, communication was amazing. If you are looking at an ASKAR 130PHQ or the ZWO 130FF then don&#8217;t 2nd guess it and buy it, its an outstanding Flat field refractor !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now back to the Celestron !  &#8211; Anyone that is interested in astronomy had probably owned something by Celestron ! So the scope arrived as you can see from my previous post. It came double boxed, and that was it. I was a little surprised, even when the Meade LX5 came in the 1980 it too was in a flight case, just like the refactor. So this was a little disappointing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because this is the EDGE HD, they have a nice lump of glass as photographed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/flattener-edited-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/flattener-edited-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/flattener-edited-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/flattener-edited-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/flattener-edited-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/flattener-edited-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/flattener-edited-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So unlike the 130mm FF where back focus was not an issue, i now have  to deal with back focus, but 146.05mm is quite  a lot, add to this the M42 , because i have a OAG, filter wheel, rotator and camera, this means that the standard converter is too long and i would exceed the 146.05mm ! So now need to measure everything and make a converter which is going to suit this&#8230;. Stay tuned &#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK so, as you can see from some of my pictures my primary scope is my ZWO 130mm FF, this scope is amazing, and while its a rebrand of the Askar 130PHQ, ZWO&#8217;s support, packaging, communication was amazing. 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