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Old 17-09-2018, 02:39 PM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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Originally Posted by Granada View Post
Soon I'll be taking delivery of a Celestron Nexstar 6SE (FL 1500mm, A 150mm) and I was hoping for some suggestions on a good quality eyepiece to match it with. I already have two cheap Plossls (10 & 25mm), 9mm Nagler 6, 31mm Nagler 5, and Tele Vue Barlow (x2).


Does that sound like a good enough set to view the planets in the solar system (with the 9mm Nagler) and deep sky objects (with 31mm Nagler), or should I add one more eyepiece to my collection? I'm keen on Tele Vue
Hi,

The 31mm Nagler is a great eyepiece but it is likely it will not work well at all in that telescope. The 31mm Nagler is a 2" eyepiece with a 42mm field stop. Even if you upgraded to a 2" diagonal so that it physically fit into the telescope, it is very likely that the narrow baffle tube on the 6SE will vignette and narrow the FOV. I may be wrong, but just trying to give you a heads up before you race out and burn money on a 2" diagonal!

Cheers
John B
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