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"Impact9" wrote in message
ups.com... So if someone can, please give some info on your personal favorites that didn't break the bank. UO Orthos. Nice, simple, good contrast. Good planetary eyepieces at a very affordable price. Clear Skies Chuck Taylor Do you observe the moon? Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/ Are you interested in understanding optics? Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATM_Optics_Software/ ************************************ |
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Sorry the spelling train with the grammer car left without me. =)
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I'm going to check out the UO since most of you said they are good. Any
suggestions for a first pick? I'm thinking a mid range 9mm for starting the set. I'm also wanting to do some DSO will UO perform good here as well? The Tele Vue 8mm to 24mm Click Stop Zoom Eyepiece 1-1/4 Inch appears very impressive for the price. Cloudynights review by Chris East was convincing. Any thoughts on this eyepiece? |
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It has the same optics as the Vixen LV Zoom I mentioned earlier but
with built-in click stops at 8, 12, 16 and 24mm. It IS very impressive. Some here have a bias against zoom EPs but I think it's a great value. The visibility of many deep sky objects is sensitive to contrast afforded by magnification (higher magnification darkens the sky background). With a zoom EP you can easily tune the magnification/contrast to whatever works best for the object without constantly switching EPs. Mark Impact9 wrote: I'm going to check out the UO since most of you said they are good. Any suggestions for a first pick? I'm thinking a mid range 9mm for starting the set. I'm also wanting to do some DSO will UO perform good here as well? The Tele Vue 8mm to 24mm Click Stop Zoom Eyepiece 1-1/4 Inch appears very impressive for the price. Cloudynights review by Chris East was convincing. Any thoughts on this eyepiece? |
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I'm going to check out the UO since most of you said they are good. Any
suggestions for a first pick? I'm thinking a mid range 9mm for starting the set. What you start with depends on what scope you are going to use it with, your observing preferences and your viewing conditions, as well as what holes you have in your current collection. For most, it starts with that feeling, "I wish I had an eyepiece of ____ size right now." You can also go to http://skyandtelescope.com/resources/organizations/ and find your local astro club. They will have a public night you can take your scope to and borrow some eyepieces to look through your scope with. That will give you a good feel for what you want first I'm also wanting to do some DSO will UO perform good here as well? The Orthos are a small FOV, so they work well on small DSO's, but not as well as on larger. For those, you may want to look at Plossels. Hope this helps. Chuck Taylor Do you observe the moon? Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/ Are you interested in understanding optics? Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATM_Optics_Software/ ************************************ The Tele Vue 8mm to 24mm Click Stop Zoom Eyepiece 1-1/4 Inch appears very impressive for the price. Cloudynights review by Chris East was convincing. Any thoughts on this eyepiece? |
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I'll take a different slant...
Although Panoptics, Naglers, Radians and other "high end" eps may cost more up front, I don't take the short sighted approach that they "cost an arm and a leg." I like to buy them used on Astromart. Same goes for refractors. It goes like this, if I plop down $230 for a used 13mm Nagler, I know that I will be able to sell it for $230 a year from now, as long as I keep it pristine (BTW, TV, Tak, AP owners are fanatical about taking good care of their stuff). To me, I look at that as a no return, little to no loss investment. Whereas when I used to pay $80 for a new, lower quality EP, I could typically only get $35 for it used. If I tried to pick it up on the used market, they would typically not be as cared for, being that they were either in the hands of a newbie, or used as public eps for star parties and such. I am by no means a wealthy man, nor do I make alot of money. I only own 4 eps, 9mm Ortho, 13mm Nagler, 20mm Nagler, 35mm Panoptic. I learned quickly in this hobby that you get what you pay for. I decided after wasting alot of money on cheap eps that I was better off with a few select high end eps and I have never regreted a dime of money I spent on them. I can't say that for any other ep I purchased prior to that (Celestron, Orion, Meade, Siebert, etc.) Just my $.02. |
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Several people have already mentioned the University Optics Orthos. In
addition, UO also sells the Konig line of EPs. These are the excellent wode field EPs that really work well with your scope. The only problem with the Konig's is that they have a short eye relief so don't bother to buy any under 10mm or you will not be happy with it for eye relief. I have a set of most of the diffeerent EP designs in a box that I occasionally pull out when somebody states that the Plossl design is the best. After they do a blind test with each of the designs, the person usaually states that the Konig deisgn is the best. Second best is almost always the Erfle design (it sometimes is indicated as the best) so go with the Konig design EP and you will have what is probably the best deaign for the money. Erfle EPs have been made by a fair number of EP sellers and the quality is variable but usually excellent. -- Why isn't there an Ozone Hole at the NORTH Pole? |
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Try http://www.owlservices.com/ (I am not affiliated just a happy customer)
the 30MM 2" Ultrawide is great and the price is amazing. -- Mark Casazza http://casazza.net Home of the Clear Sky Alarm Clock "Impact9" wrote in message ups.com... I recently ordered a Celestron NexStar 8i SE plus nearly all accessories offered on my tax refund. I've been using a rather small AP and Orion starblast with a Celestron Plossl set I purchased from Telescopes.com. http://www.telescopes.com/products/C...l_11535.ht ml The eye peices are fine but I'm certain there are more impressive ones. Orion eye peices look good on price but I have no ideal which ones are good for this incoming F10 scope. I really enjoy the larger FOV that this 32mm Clestron gives but I also want some magnification. I can't afford to buy the premium eye peices like televue. So if someone can, please give some info on your personal favorites that didn't break the bank. Thanks DH |
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Second Mark on the value of the 8-24mm zooms. The
Vixen/Celestron/older Televue ones don't have the click stop, but are excellent in contrast and sharpness. Particularly useful for finding the right mag for planetary observations given the seeing conditions. I use mine all the time instead of my ortho, plossls, Konig, etc. for planets. Narrow fov in the longer focal length, but quite serviceable at the lower. Larry Stedman Vestal |
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