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Originally Posted by garymck
Hi,
wondering how good the Baader zoom eyepiece is? Usage will be in a C11. I have a 31mm Nagler as my deep sky eyepiece and that sits in the scope 90% of the time. Looking at the zoom for planetary viewing as I often have to chase the seeing - I'm in Geelong, and the seeing is incredibly variable from appalling to magnificent- sometimes in the same night. It is a real pain changing eyepieces to determine optimum viewing, so thinking about this one eyepiece to make things easier.
I must wear specs due to severe asigmatism, so also wondering how it fares wearing them?
TIA
cheers
Gary
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I use my Baader Zoom in a large dob, so not sure of the viewing differences between that and a C11 other than the much longer focal length, but I really enjoy it. I wouldn't say changing eyepieces is a real pain for me, but certainly limiting the number of times I have to faff about with EPs in the dark was a contributing factor to its purchase, so I understand where you're coming from. Can't comment on the astigmatism/glasses issue, but in the reviews I read prior to purchasing it, it was a well regarded eyepiece, and I would certainly recommend it, all things being equal. In your C11 I think it would give about 350x maximum mag, which is pretty good for planetary I would have thought. Others with more knowledge of SCTs could probably provide more insight.