How many eyepieces do you own?

[h0ughy]

i was musing through some items getting ready for Lostock IISAC06 when it dawned on me. I have too many eyepieces!!! so you say how many is too many??? I have two eyes, and observe with my only good eye, so therefore 1. Now I like some different magnifications so now I will have a few choices, for me i finally decided on a 34mm 2", a 32mm 2", a 30mm 2", a 24mm 2", a 20mm 2", a 17mm 2" and a 9mm 2". So now what will I do with all the others I have left??? I have in total 14 eyepieces and 2 barlows :scared: . :help3: please note i only have 3 naglers (donations of more gladly accepted, even a Ken telepoo 80 :lol: )

So my question to you is how many do you have? :wink2:

[Astroman]

I have 6, I bought them as a package deal from T&A for $180

All Plossls, a 4mm, 6.5mm, 12.5mm, 20mm, 25mm and 40mm

Wouldn't it be nice if I could swap them all for naglers or panoptics or Radians.

[iceman]

5 at the moment..

1 premium (14mm Meade UWA s4000) and 4 GSO plossls. Hoping to include some premium planetaries (maybe orthos) after some careful consideration (and viewing with them) at Lostock.

Oh and 2 barlows (3x Antares and 5x powermate). I offloaded 2 other barlows (2x and 2.4x to Mr DP).

[xrekcor]

I have 13, 3 premiums, 4 middle of the road, 1 GSO, and 5 egg cups (because they function better in that job) and two barlows x2 & x3

regards,CS

[h0ughy]

did you vote Rob? don't see a 13 up there????

[xrekcor]

oooop's sorry dewd I went to the last post and didn't scroll up :=\

regards,CS

[Astroman]

lol

[Dave47tuc]

I have 7 at the moment. But hope to finish off the set of UO Ortho's by end of year which will bring it upto 11 :)

[wavelandscott]

I have 7...the 3 GSO Plossls that came with the scope and...4 others (24 Pan, 16 mm T5 Nag, 11 mm T6 Nag, and a 7 mm Pentax XW)...and a 2.5 Powermate...

Should keep me busy for a while...

[Starkler]

I have nine, of which only four get much use. Four of the nine are series500 plossls.

[iceman]

Are they the 4 that get the use, Geoff? :lol:

[ving]

a stack of them.... most high power

6.5 s500
7.5 ultima
9 GSO plosl
10.5 TV plossl
15 GSO SV
25 GSO plossl
30 GSO SV

i recently gave away a 15mm s500 and a 32mm celestron plossl...

[mickoking]

G,day


I am in the 14 club, 8 of them are my regulars (in a case) the list is as follows;

Regular use.
1 Meade super plossl 32mm
2 Panoptic 27mm
3 Vixen LV 25mm
4 GSO superview 20mm
5 Meade plossl 16mm
6 Nagler 13mm
7 Meade super plossl 9.7mm
8 Celestron plossl 7.5mm
Stuck in the draw.
9 GSO plossl 25mm
10 Meade MA 25mm
11 Celestron plossl 20mm
12 Series 500 plossl 15mm
13 GSO plossl 9mm
14 Series 500 plossl 6.5mm

[Striker]

So many how many questions...just dont ask how many love childs I have in the country...lol

[toetoe]

One good 20mm GSO and 5 others which only just do the job.

[Robert_T]

tough one, there's way more stuck in old drawers and bottom of the cupboard than I actually use - of those theres about 6 regulars...

i like eyepieces, they're nice and shiny:P

[Stu]

3 TV Panoptics, 1 TV Radian
rest at garbage tip or given away. would like a pentax...eventually...

[acropolite]

Frankly, I'm embarrassed; I've only got 2, a series4000 26mm plossl and s5000 14mm plossl.:ashamed:

[shredder]

No Need to be embarrased, I also started with two, the two that came with my scope, both Celestrons MAs a 10 and a 20 from memory and for my money they were the best I had for a long long time, far better than many of the other name brand plossls that I got later. Cant say why they just were well suited to the scope and for some reason seemed to be made just right (statistically some must come out right). The Mead Plossls have a very good reputation, and nothing to be ashamed of.

But now I must say I have a collection of about 13, and only use the Mead 4000 SWA's and UWA's now. The others are just collecting dust, not worth selling and cant seem to find any real use for them. Though I did cut one up just to see how it worked (so to speak) as it didn't.

[Rodstar]

I have 4:
1. 30mm GSO SV
2. 26mm MEade 4000 Plossl
3. 22mm Panoptic
4. 17mm Orion Stratus (well, coming very soon!)
.......and a crappy Barlow :P

My Ultimate Plan?
1. 41 Panoptic
2. 27 Panoptic
3. 22 Panoptic
4. 16 Nagler
5. 13 Nagler (yes, I just sold it.....but she will come back to me when I have more $$)
6. 11 Nagler
.....and a top of the range Barlow :)

[Striker]

Who needs eyepieces when you have a camera...lol

Again I like to stir the pot...I get it from Houghy

[asimov]

And I'm the lil' stick used to stir the pot with Tony.:P

Before imaging came along I had too many...for the simple fact that I had...too many!

Now I've taken up imaging, & flogged a few EPs off I have...too many, for the simple fact I don't use eyepieces anymore! :)

[danielsun]

i have eight so far 25 and 10mm plossels that came with the scope

2 lvw vixens 8mm and 22mm wich are my most popular
2" 32mm konig another fine ep for the price
30mm ultima and an ed 5.2
2" and 1" 1/4 barlows

[Rastis]

Anyone who has got to many Naglers etc, don't be afraid to send them my way.
P.M. to arrange postage.
Thank You,
Rastis

[33South]

Heres mine, would like 2 premiums to fill the gaps in favourites and maybe a powermate.

Favourites
Meade UWA s5000 8.8mm
Stratus 21mm
Vixen LV 6mm

Quite Like
Televue plossl 26mm
Televue plossl 40mm
B&L Criterion plossl 32mm (sentimentality)

Rarely Used now (make me an offer)
Meade SWA 18mm
Televue plossl 10.5mm
Meade super plossl 26mm x 2

Not used in last 20 years (free to anyone with guts enought to ask)
Swift triplane 6mm (.975)

Also
Scopetronics maxview40

[fringe_dweller]

nothing fancy really - basic bread and butter stuff ;)
i have bought and sold a couple of sets over the years

current set - all old 1.25"'s
TV plossl 25mm
TV plossl 15mm
" " 11mm
some i bought for various afocal set ups over time

Meade Series 4000 32mm super plossl (i like this one - coz of extreme low profile focus on my dobs cant get focus in anything over 30mm without modifying ep or scope - and this one works due to weird recessed system)
Meade Series 4000 26mm super plossl (crap - a joke)

William Optics DCL-28 24mm (i dont mind this one visually)
Scopetronix Maxview18mm WA (this is my only true wide field with a mere 66º afov - from memory? :( but i get the idea and yer their great but i like high quality views too ;) not that good an ep for anything but tourism - bearable

barlows
University 2.8x Klee barlow (had this forever - love it)
Celestron Ultima 2x (classic! :) )

keep meaning to get some better visual ep's,( ive looked through good ones and i know the diff - mostly contrast and especially colour is better to me ) for many years now lol - photography gets in the way - and my scopes are very forgiving of average quality ep's anyway

[astro_south]

I put down 12, but now realise I miss counted and I actually have 13 - is that unlucky? (maybe I should sell 1 or buy many more :D )

Of the 13, only 4 get any serious use:
31mm T5 Nagler
19mm Panoptic
13mm T6 Nagler
8mm Radian

The rest include a Meade s4000 4.7mmUWA and 12.5mm Plossl, 6mm and 9mm 66 degree Expanse clones, a 17mm GSO Plossl, 2 x 25mm Plossls and 2x 10mm Plossls that came with scopes. Next purchases will be in the 10mm range (either a 10mm Radian or 10mm Pentax XW), and a 24mm Pan - then i will be finished.......honest!

Here are my fantastic 4 in a lineup.......

[Rodstar]

Next you'll be flogging your eyeballs :nerd:

Come on Asimov, what's wrong with visual observing?!! :P

[h0ughy]

Drool, i looked through the one on the left at duckadang, can I call it mine now :lol:

[ausastronomer]

Hmmm maybe I have a sickness :)

I own a lot. 12 eyepieces, 3 barlows and 22 filters and a big aluminium case to stick em all in.

5mm UO HD ortho
6mm UO HD ortho
7mm UO HD ortho
9mm UO HD ortho
12mm UO HD ortho
18mm UO HD ortho
7mm Pentax XW
10mm Pentax XW
14mm Pentax XW
20mm Pentax XW
27mm TV Panoptic
30mm GSO Superview (for the benefit of chocolate coated kiddy fingers) :)
2" 1.6X Antares APO barlow
1.25" 2X Orion Shorty Plus barlow
1.25" 2.5X TV Powermate
22 different filters from various colour filters to UHC to OIII to 2" DGM Optics NPB

Wish list ? nil, maybe 1 day change the 27mm TV Panoptic for a 26mm Nagler T5 but in no hurry as the 27mm Pan is pretty darn good.

CS-John B

[jjjnettie]

Those of you with spare EP's that you truely don't use anymore, please concider putting them up for sale in the BuySellTrade forum.
I know I'd like some more budget eps that I can let the kids have, instead of letting them get their grotty little fingers on mine.

[RAJAH235]

First up,
Meade S4000 SP 32, 15, 12.4, 9.7, 6.4 & 5 mm. (all excellent).
My baby, Meade S4000 SP UWA 14 mm. (Outstanding).
now the other's,
a TV 7.4 mm plossl. (not bad).
& 25 & 18 mm Meade MA's. (for 'open nights').
+ a # 140 Meade barlow. (Very nice).
+ Lumicon UHC, OIII filters. (very nice).
+ Orion Broadband filter. (works well).
+ Meade .96 moon filter. (works very well).
& finally, Meade's #1 set of 4 coloured filters. (Good for the planets).

[h0ughy]

You mean those expensive lucky dip EP's you got at duckadang ;) :P :lol: :lol:

[Itchy]

Oh Dear, I am at the top of the scale (at the moment) with 15. :scared: Anyone got more? perhaps I can sell some.:help3:


Cheers

[h0ughy]

not quite Itchy, I forgot I have 2 illuminated reticle eyepieces, a 25mm ccd frame and a 12.5mm double line one, that puts me on 16 :scared:

[astro_south]

You can call it whatever you like - I'll pass on your message tonight while I fondle it :D . I thought you where already covered in this focal length with your UWA or SWA anyway?

[Itchy]

Well, Quick!, change your vote so I don't feel so bad!

[33South]

Interesting question how do you change your vote ?

[jjjnettie]

Houghy, those ARE my good ones. Best $5 I ever spent.

[stringscope]

Meade 40mm SWA
GSO 30mm SV + 2" 2X barlow
Celestron 32,10mm Plossl + Ultima 2X Barlow
Synta 20,15,9,6mm WA
UO 24,16,12mm Konig + 2.8X Klee barlow
Ross 15mm WA
ZhiTong 11mm UWA

Oh dear, 13+3. How unfortunate! I need to buy more!

[sheeny]

I voted 8:
4mm Plossl (doesn't get used)
6mm plossl (rarely gets used)
9mm plossl
10mm guiding eyepiece (often used...damn, I forgot to count this one!:rolleyes:)
15mm plossl
25mm plossl
32mm plossl
20mm Kellner (came with the PST)
All 1 1/4" EPs... so I guess that's "nine that is known as eight EPs";).

I didn't count my barlows:
2x barlow
2.5x powermate
3 x barlow

nor my 0.63 focal reducer.

How embarrassment!! There are 3 type of people in this world you know... those who can count and those who can't!:lol:


Al.

PS... and my 13mm Nagler Type 6 (which I use a lot).:thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

11 all up at the moment.
All of them of average quality. One day I'll treat myself to something nice.
Still have plenty of gaps to fill.

4mm x2
6.5mm
10mm
12mm
12.5mm
20mm
25mm
26mm 2"
30mm
40mm

[Ric]

I have 6, but that is spread over two scopes though.

Cheers

[rogerg]

I voted 5:
Meade Series 4000 26mm
Meade Series 4000 15mm
Meade Series 4000 40mm
Celestron Ultima 6mm
Televue Panoptic 22mm

However, I only use one:
Televue Panoptic 22mm

I wish I had a 7 - 9mm Meade wide field or Nagler to complement the 22mm Panoptic. Just starting to think about trying to find one :whistle:

[ispom]

2 for my binocular approach,
one for high magnifaication and one wide angel

I can not get, why anyone must have so many eyepieces....

[Ric]

Hi Ispom, I think it becomes an obsession after a while. It's an EP for all occasions.

Cheers

[Gargoyle_Steve]

I voted "10" ep's, but just realised I have 11 - and al of these have been aquired in less than 11 months since I bought my first scope!

4 ep's came with my 10" dob - 4mm, 9mm, 15mm and 25mm plossl's
(2 are GSO's, 2 are Series 500's) I bought another 25mm plossl to feed the pair of them into my binoviewer - this is the extra ep that I forgot to count.

I also have a 9mm and a 25mm Meade "MA"s (whatever that means exxactly). These came with my ETX-70.

Then I have the 4 ep's that I actually chose to own, and purchased separately. These are the ones that get pretty much all the use:
8mm Orion Stratus
13 & 17mm Baader Hyperion
30mm 80° Andrews 2"

I do have the Saxon binoviewer as mentioned above, and somehow have accumulated 3 barlows as well.

I think I have too many optical "bits and pieces" lol ...... garage sale coming up!

(Edit: Actually there was also a GSO 32mm wide angle that was included when I got the 12" dob, making a brief total of 12 ep's, but then I threw the 32mm in with my 10" dob when I sold it, as well as the 9 and 15mm plossls that had come with it - so total remaining at present is 9 ep's)

[JimmyH155]

I have far too many - 13 in total
20mm Celestron
10mm Celestron
26mm Meade 4000 plossl
12.7 mm Meade 4000 plossl
9.5 mm Meade 4000 plossl
6.? mm Meade plossl
6mm bintel plossl
26 mm Meade QX super wide angle
40mm Meade 3000 plossl (useless)
7mm ortho
18mm ortho
13mm Hyperion
8 mm Hyperion
The most used favourites are the 2 Hyperions, 26mm Meade 4000 plossl, 18mm ortho and my beaut "Cluster buster" the Meade wide angle QX.:D :D

[Sonia]

I have 8...

26
25
20
10
H12
SR4
2
and a 3x barlow

[beren]

14:screwy: I use one {22} all the time, two others most of the time {9mm,32mm} and the rest... hmm... very little time at all :doh:

[ballaratdragons]

1.25"
6.5mm Series 500 (junk, used as a dust cap) :screwy:
25mm Series 500 (junk, unused) :rolleyes:
9mm GSO Plossl (used regularly) :)
15mm GSO Plossl (used moderately) :)
25mm GSO Plossl (used regularly) :)
25mm WA (used in guidescope for visual) :whistle:
7mm Pentax XW7 (used very regularly) :) :) :)
2x Barlow :)

2"
30mm GSO Superview (used moderately) :)
32mm Unitron Erfle WA (used regularly) :eyepop:
18mm SWA Konig XL (used sparingly) :whistle:
Focal Reducer :)
2X Barlow :)

Plus some .965" & 1.25" EP's I gave to my boys, and some 1.25" EP's I gave to the SVAA. :thumbsup:

[LX200]

Mmmmmmm lets see

6.4 Plössl for UFO patrol :lol:

all up 10 + 2xbarlow = 20 ;)

[RB]

Put it this way......I don't have enough telescopes to put them all in ! :lol:

[gaa_ian]

Well I only have 6 Eyepiece myself, but have access to quite a few more though our club !
I have a grant application in for some Naglers too :D ;)

[cahullian]

I'm in single figures and none of them are top of the range.

Gazz

[spacezebra]

Hey, I could always use some more...;)

Cheers Petra

[anthony2302749]

I was talking to a fellow amateur the other day about how many EP I have and I decides to add up the $. After $3500 I thought it was a good time to stop counting.

[Kal]

5 eyepieces, two of them being Meade 26mm plossls that came with the scopes.

The others are a 9mm nagler, 11mm TV plossl, 15mm Panoptic. I'm going to add a 24mm Panoptic to that mix soon ;)

[rapidfire]

I just bought myself some Meade series 4000 super plossl's, a 32mm and a 9.7mm. These are pretty nice EP's. Before these I was using the three EP's that came with my Tasco Newt. 4mm, 12.5mm and a 20mm. They are fairly average EPs now I have played around with the meade's altho I still use the 20mm as a finder.
I dont have a barlow yet, so thats something to look forward too in the near future. I have to say, Its a lot of fun. I bought myself a nice s/h ETX125 not long ago and playing with that has been very cool.... and now with some good EP's its cool all over again. My next trick will be to buy a webcam and strip it down to fit into the ETX. Altho I have to say the quality of the images taken by people on this message board nearly satisfies all my image needs. Theres some amazing people taking amazing snapshots of the skies hanging out here.

[bluescope]

Because I own 2 SkyWatcher Newts I have 2 sets of 10mm and 20mm Super Plossl eyepieces from them plus a 2x Barlow that came with the 10 " scope.

1 x Meade 26mm Series 4000 which I got with my Meade DSX90-AT. Very crisp, high contrast piece, good for projection photography.

A 9mm and 25mm SWLET that I got with my 180mm SkyWatcher Mak. Nice wide view. Some colour fringing but not too bad.

1x Celestron 4mm Plossl that I got for US$12 off eBay. Usable only on extra good seeing, still nights. In fact now that I have the Vixen LV4mm I don't use this piece at all.

Last but by no means least a Vixen LV4mm and a Vixen LV20mm. Nice eyepieces.

So I have eleven but only regularly use the Vixens and Barlow. Would like a 32mm or 40mm for the 180 Mak. Probably get another Vixen LV.

:whistle:

Sorry I forgot I just ordered a 12.5mm Orion Illuminated Reticle from Bintel today so that makes it an even dozen so far.

[GrahamL]

27 mm panoptic
28 mm pretoria

13 mm t6

7 mm t1 smooth barrel

If i can grab another 13 and 7 mm eyepiece at some stage and
a 2x barlow I should be set:rofl:

[anthony2302749]

ok, it's time to up the ante, thats;
3 x Tele Vue Naglers (12mm 17mm 22mm)
6 x Vixen LV (7mm 10mm 12mm 15mm 20mm 25mm)
4 x Orthoscopic (25mm 20mm 18mm 12.5mm)
1x Cheap Plossl (20mm with crosshair)
1x Barlow (2.8x Klee Barlow)
1x Tele Vue Power (5x)

Thats 14 eyepieces and 2 barlows:D

[Sharnbrook]

When I bought my 1st scope, it came with 1 ep, a Chinese 2" 32mm.
Then I bought a set of 9 cheap 1 1/4" Chinese Plossls, which included a Barlow, to see which ep's I used most.
The my second scope came with another 3 1 1/4" Plossls.
I have just bought 7 Vixen LV's, a 4; 9; 12; 18; 25; 40; and a 50mm 2", but as yet there has been nothing to see, except clouds, and they look the same through any eyepiece.

I'm one of those people who can't get rid of anything, in case it comes in handy sometime, but on this occasion, you may see a few ep's in the classified section in the next few months.

[ballaratdragons]

:lol: 20 EP's.

That's quite a collection!!!!

[sailormoon]

Only been starting out for 7 EP's, been trying to get a collection going.

[Glenhuon]

Let's see. 32, 25, 13, 11, 7.5, 6.5 Plossl's, 12mm illuminated reticle, 2x barlow, 5x Barlow.
All in the last 12months. Not a bad start :)

Bill

[Screwdriverone]

I have 2 - Super 20mm and Super 10mm Plossl's that came with the scope. Both are 1.25" eyepieces

I recently bought a 2.5x GSO Barlow, to make my 20mm behave like an 8mm, and my 10mm become a 4mm. Results are quite good, now I have 4!

Saturn at 250x is looking much better! ;)

[h0ughy]

You know I will have to go and find all mine - haven't used them in two years, thats sad! the 16" lightbridge I just bought might need them! going over this post there are certainly a heap of EP's lying around!

[Stephen65]

Ups the ante to 24 plus five barlows - I can't resist a good price on an EP and the barlows are for imaging to give a range of focal lengths.

[TrevorW]

9 EP's all up
6 plossls
1 ED
2 two inch
1 barlow
2 diagonals

and want to buy more

[programmer]

Nagler T6's 9 & 13mm
Hyperion 17mm
Cheap Plossls 40, 25, 9 (keeping all 3 for when I sell the scope)
Antares 12mm illuminated reticle
I'll be selling the 12.5mm Orion Lanthanum soon since getting the TV T6.

Not including Barlows.

[AstralTraveller]

My collection grew like topsy. I have some eyepieces dating back to the 70s, some from when I bought the 15cm refractor, a swag that came with the new 25cm GSO and then I treated myself to something nice. I haven't even looked through them all!

Unitron 40mm Kellner & 20mm Erfle
Celestron silver top plossls 17mm & 7.5mm
1rpd 30mm
Andrew's ED 9.5mm, 5.2mm and 11mm UWA
GSO SP32mm; plossls 25mm, 20mm, 15mm, 9mm, 6mm, 2x barlow
Williams Optics binoviewer with a pair of 20mm eyepieces
TeleVue 9mm Nagler T6

That's 17 eyepieces and a barlow. Trouble is that the collection isn't balanced - I'll have to rectify that!:D

[Ian Robinson]

6 x 1.25" (a few RKEs , Plossyls and Orthoscopics) , 1 x 2" (50mm fl Parks Gold Series).
1 x guiding illuminated recticle eyepiece.
1 x 0,96"-1.25" adapter.

I have a 1.25" 2x barlow somewhere too.

Wow some you guys have extraordinary eyepiece collections and have spent a stack of $ on them.

[cahullian]

not enough and not good enough quality. but i do have three teenage kids 2 in uni so i need to spend my money on other things at the moment he he

Gazz