Review of the Takahashi FC100DZ - Tak's 4" Fluorite Greatness Continues!

Additional double star observing notes: (Eyepieces were the 24mm Panoptic, 5mm Delite, and 3mm Radian. Note that Dawes Limit for a 4" is 1.14 arc seconds.) Alpha Gemini (Castor): 1.9/3.0 5.0" Epsilon Bootes (Izar): 2.6/4.8 2.9" Theta Auriga 2.7/7.2 4.1" Kappa Gemini 3.7/8.2 7.5" (struck out) Iota Cancer 6.5/4.0 30.5" Zeta Cancer A 5.3, B 5.9, C 6.9 A-BC 6/6" BC 1.1" (note that the BC pair separation is below Dawes Limit for a 4" scope) Iota Leonis 4.1/6.7 2.1" Mu Bootes A 4.3, B 7.1, C 7.6 A-BC 109" (it would have been really bad news if the scope couldn't do this) BC 2.3" Let’s review the Takahashi FC100DZ, the latest in Tak’s venerable line of 4” fluorites. Amazon Affiliate Links: Sky-Watcher 6” Dobsonian Telescope https://amzn.to/3CXUZAi Sky-Watcher 8” Dobsonian Telescope https://amzn.to/3wkAQmt TeleVue 24mm Panoptic (my favorite 1.25” eyepiece) https://amzn.to/3NtKHwl TeleVue 13mm Nagler Type 6 eyepiece https://amzn.to/3t248F4 TeleVue 7mm Nagler Type 6 eyepiece https://amzn.to/31xtq2q TeleVue Everbrite 1.25” Diagonal https://amzn.to/3JWEveT TeleVue 2X Barlow (Much better than the cheap throwaway barlows found in cheap scopes) https://amzn.to/335DAaI Heated gloves https://amzn.to/2R45aiW Heated vest https://amzn.to/3nVoefs Small planisphere https://amzn.to/2JAGvyK Large planisphere https://amzn.to/3qsiRFh The Cambridge Star Atlas https://amzn.to/3mDAakC The Stars: A New Way To See Them https://amzn.to/3lvEUaA Sky & Telescope's Pocket Star Atlas https://amzn.to/2VrcDrb The 21st Century Atlas of the Moon https://amzn.to/3bsk4Hk Turn Left at Orion (good beginner’s book about finding stuff) https://amzn.to/3fYPRQQ My tiny 8X21 binoculars are here https://amzn.to/39RdfyP A decent pair of 7X35 binoculars https://amzn.to/3mESBoV A decent pair of 7X50 binoculars https://amzn.to/3g6amLB Camera used for filming https://amzn.to/38QrkLv Camera I’m using for 4K video and some B-Roll https://amzn.to/3D1pOmk The lens I use for filming (80% of the time) https://amzn.to/38QIN6i The lenses used for filming the rest of the time (17-40 f/4 and 24-70 f/4) https://amzn.to/3cITdpV and https://amzn.to/3ns4cck My tripod https://amzn.to/2OEDhNo My ballhead https://amzn.to/3cLeLSW The softboxes I use https://amzn.to/3qSDp91 Wireless mic: https://amzn.to/3tQcRHv My astrophotography book contains advice on telescopes observing, and taking pictures (based on my award-winning Dartmouth thesis, June 2020) 255 pages, 258 color images: https://amzn.to/2Jt1O5o My novella, Champaign Dreams – 107 pages. Not astronomy related, but give it a try! https://amzn.to/3WH23MG Top Three Recommended Beginner’s Telescope Video:    • Top 3 Beginner's Telescopes!  Which one sh...   Top Beginner’s Astronomy Books:    • Top Beginner's Astronomy Books!   For Complete Beginners, Part 1:    • Getting Started in Amateur Astronomy - for...   For Complete Beginners, Part 2:    • For ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS - Part 2 - All abou...   Hundreds of other telescope reviews on my web site at: www.scopereviews.com