Shockingly good. Amazed at what can be done in 30mns with a 50mm refractor.
I've owned several scopes, big and small, and even started on real camera film to get basic images decades ago. This little thing takes all the hassle out of even modern astrophotography set-ups.
OK, I could haul a heavy complicated rig out, wire up, collimate, polar align, star align (several times), cool down, and sit out with a laptop. But then the few spare hours I had are gone or the clouds have come.
If you live in the UK (i.e .not Arizona) and have limited time/view, the Vespera really shines. Hobby killer? The opposite. I am able to see so much more than I would otherwise, but I still use visual scope/binoculars too for added fun.
Still plenty of nerdy stuff to do - manual mode, image processing on the tiff files or your own stacking if you like. Deep sky is the main event of course, but when the skies clear for half an hour, I'm tracking Uranus day by day in a matter of minutes. Stars down to mag 16.5 are visible from Bortle 5 in my 20mn exposures, so looking forward to tracking Pluto when it appears (in manual mode).
Well worth saving up for.

First off - usual awesome service from FLO 👍
Now re the scope. So far I’ve only been able to use it twice as since purchase we have had limited clear skies and many storms lol. However ……… blown away doesn’t come close to describing my feelings about it. Not stepped foot down the astrophotography rabbit hole before as concentrated on visual astronomy but this thing kept niggling at the back of my mind and I just had to take the plunge! It’s so incredibly simple to use and clever. Being able to see nebula appearing on my phone screen as the scope does its thing is amazing. Being a visual astronomer things such as dumbbell nebula were usually just a smear in the sky but now I see colour and shape. The Hercules cluster is amazing through my 8” dob but the output from the Vespera is fantastic and so clear. I am away on holiday to a dark site in a couple of weeks and cannot wait to take the Vespera. Packed away in its backpack it’s so easy to transport and take on a walk to desired location. Superb

I recently received the above item from FLO.
It was delivered promptly and in good condition.
I have recently returned to astrophotography after a long absence, but wanted to try a less arduous system than my previous setup.
Due to the short nights since receiving the Vespera, I have only been able to try it out a few times.
However, at the moment, it has exceeded my expectations and has rekindled my interest in the hobby due to its convenience and performance.
One of its attractions, for me, is the ability to additionally download the . tif file for each observation, which enables me to do my own editing on the previously obtained unstretched test data.

What an incredible instrument! Download the app, set the scope outside, switch it on and leave it to it. GOTO whatever you want and let it collect and stack photons for as long as you want.
The only thing you need are clear skies! Very impressed. Great for public outreach.

I purchased this scope as a back up to my Evescope 2 smart scope.
I have been astounded by the quality of the images produced by this little scope, considering that the objective lens is only 50mm diameter.
I have found that the auto- focussing feature is a great advantage, as this eliminates manual focussing and the use of a Batinov mask.
The Vaonis application is superb and the graphics are amazing, with a large list of astral objectives
Another great advantage is the light weight of the unit, and the speed at which it can be set up.
It really could do with having a dew shield to keep out stray light, but it is quite easy to make and fit one.
I would not hesitate to recommend this scope to anyone wanting to get started in astrophotography

Thanks to the FLO team. Great service and delivery over festive season was unexpectedly quick.
Vespera is great and deserves 5 stars, but... There are a few things that Vaonis must enhance and they should all be software / firmware fixable items.

1. The power button. Accidental touches is a problem. A power on / power off click pattern will solve this issue. (tap tap long press to turn on or something similar)
2. The indicator light. White, green and blue is not good. Very bright at night. A feature to either turn light off, or change to red. (Even when initialising) - Vespera users at star parties will not be well received with these bright flashing lights.
3. Wifi - You have to connect directly to Vespera to operate it, thus disconnecting from existing wifi network. A great enhancement will be to enable a feature to connect Vespera to existing wifi network.
4. To download images you must connect directly to Vespera, open ftp connection to it and then copy files. Works well enough, but as per above, it will be great to enable Vespera to connect to existing wifi network.

Apart from above issues which are easily fixable the Vespera is GREAT! Up and running in a few minutes without any issues. Singularity app is good and works as it should. You can easily observe 2-3 targets in the time it takes to setup a small astrophotography rig, thus those nights where time is limited the Vespera is the one to use. Great to get people into Astrophotography!

I am extremely happy with my purchase! Thanks FLO Team!!

Our Vespera arrived promptly and safely and immediately we named him (Keith - as in Keith Moon, a little bit wild but fun) so he could be part of the family. At the first sign of a break in the clouds we sent him outside to observe the sky. The pictures that he has given us so far are absolutely phenomenal. Even just doing a small amount of post processing on our phones we are getting professional looking results, and using some fancy schmancy things in Affinity the pictures are incredible. I can't wait to steal him away and take him to Scotland for his first bothy trip in a bootle free area! I would recommend a Keith to anyone who wants to take deep sky pictures in a fuss free way and enjoy everything the night sky has to offer. Amazing!

I've had my Vespera a couple of weeks now, and it's been outside every clear night. I collected more good data in the first three nights I owned it than in the previous three years with my typical home-brew set up of mount, camera, autoguider and laptop.

It's an absolute doddle to set up, and acquiring your first target and starting captures takes only a few minutes as the 'scope finds some stars, does a plate solving process to figure out its alignment, and then an performs an automatic autofocus.

The field of view from the 200mm focal length is reasonable, and larger targets can be acquired using their proprietary CovaLENS mosaic mode, which moves the scope around the target, stacking as it goes. Although the scope can record FITS files for each subframe captured, I didn't yet find an off-unit workflow in PixInsight that lets me stack those mosaiced images. FITS files from the non-mosiac mode stack readily, although you'll need to override the Bayer matric to RGGB since Vaonis and PixInsight disagree on how to specify the Bayer matrix for a "bottom up" FITS file.

If there's one real limitation, it's the lack of field rotator, although this doesn't matter much until your exposures exceed 30 minutes or so. The reason is that the edges of the field get rotated out of view so that an increasingly smaller proportion of the field of view remains present in every frame.

It's re-awoken my passion for astrophotography - highly recommended!