Would you say that I have a Plethora

[Hans Tucker]

Decided to take inventory of my eyepieces ... and realised somehow at some point my purchases got out of hand.

Takahashi: HI-LE2.8, HI-LE3.6, LE5, LE7.5, LE10, LE12.5, LE18, LE24, LE30, LE50
TAK-10UW
Pentax: XW3.5, XW7, XW14
Televue Ethos SX3.7
Televue Delos 8mm
Televue Radian 8mm
Televue Panoptic 15mm
Televue Panoptic 19mm
Parks GS-5 7.5
Zeiss A-10
TMB Supermonocentric: 6mm, 10mm, 12mm
Baader Hyperion 8mm
Docter 12.5mm x 2

How many eyepieces should someone keep in their collection

[croweater]

I would say 4 is probably plenty Hans. So you have to get rid of 23. I'll take the Parks thanks mate. I'm not greedy. :)
Cheers, Richard

[Hans Tucker]

You can have the Parks, free, if you want it. I purchased it cheap to give it a try and it is a good eyepiece.

Yes, I know I have to cull the herd but I am a hoarder and procrastinator.

[Dave882]

The way I see it you need another 25 for bino pairs… :D

[m11]

I would say that is a great selection.

It only gets out of hand when you need a spreadsheet to track what you have.:lol:

[croweater]

Oh I couldn't do that Hans. It wouldn't feel right. But thank you for the kind offer.
Cheers mate.

[Startrek]

You start off wth 2 or 3 and then it becomes an obsession and / or a collection

Here’s my stash purchased over the last 5 or so years

Televue Ethos 4.7mm SX
Televue Ethos 8mm
Televue Ethos 13mm
Televue Ethos 21mm
Televue Delos 17.3mm
Televue Delos 10mm
Televue Delos 6mm
Televue Delos 4.5mm
Televue Type 2 Paracorr
Televue Panoptic 24mm
Televue Panoptic 27mm
Televue Apollo 11 serial no.186
Sold my Delites ( 7mm and 18.2mm ) 2 years ago
Orion 20mm 70deg centering eyepiece

To be honest I haven’t used half of the above eye pieces for 2 years ( La Niña part of the reason)

My favourite eye pieces are Ethos 4.7 SX , Ethos 21mm hand grenade, Apollo 11 and Panoptic 24mm

I’m more of an Astrophotographer these days but it is enjoyable to image from the Dome in the backyard ( laptop in the study ) and observe the same object with my 12” Goto dob in the front car bay ( Bortle 3 skies )

Grandkids love observing with the 12” dob during the summer holidays

I suppose I’ll have to down size my collection in the near future ( unless one of the grandkids takes up the hobby later on )

Cheers
M

[MortonH]

That's not a plethora, it's a nicely balanced collection. :)

[blindman]

Wondering which ones you find best?

[DarkArts]

Forgive me, El Guapo, but of course, you have a plethora (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ROhP_3-Qk).

[Hans Tucker]

:thumbsup: