Eyepiece suggestions?

[garymck]

Hi,

my recent purchase of a Takahashi TSA120 has reinvigorated my interest in visual astronomy. Whilst this buy cleaned out my discretionary $ well and truly, I'm beginning to think about upgrading my eyepieces over the next year or so.

I currently have a 35mm Panoptic - love it.... and a set of Saxon Hyperion clones.

My choice of eyepieces is restricted by the fact that I have severe astigmatism and must wear specs to observe - even at tiny exit pupils. It's bad enough that if I look at a star unaided I see 2 stars joined by a short line!! I therefore need long eye relief eyepieces at all focal lengths. I'm not too fussed about superwide fields as with specs on they are hard to enjoy. 68deg fields seem fine to me.

The Tak is my lifetime scope, I'd like to match it with a set of super contrast eyepieces....any suggestions as to what may fit the bill?

cheers
Gary

[casstony]

XW's 10mm or shorter and Delos are the obvious choices, both high quality and comfortable to use.

[MortonH]

Agree XW & Delos are best choices. Also consider the Pentax XF 8.5mm. Only 60° but sharp, lightweight and pretty cheap.

Vixen LVW are the next best option. They also have 20mm eye relief and 65° AFOV.

[garymck]

thanks guys,

will now see if I can hunt up some owners to try some out.

cheers
Gary

[David Niven]

The ES 82d and the Pentax XF are affordable favorites.
With the price increase and our falling Aussie though, the ES 6.7 and others are close to the $200 mark.......sigh!
The Aussie has fallen 20% since hitting a high of 1.07 USD

[Allan]

Gary, I come to Melbourne quite often and I am willing to make a deal. If you want to get together for a night, I will share any of my eyepieces with you if you share your Tak.