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bytor666
08-11-2012, 01:26 AM
There's a new eyepiece in town folks! A 30mm, 3 inch barrel, 100 degree BEHEMOTH !!! :scared:
Here's the thread below:
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/5507619/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1/vc/1
Cheers !!!
Rodstar
08-11-2012, 06:05 AM
That's one mother of an eyepiece...
AG Hybrid
08-11-2012, 06:45 PM
You got to be sh*tting me~~~~
Hmmm my Skywatcher dob has a 3 inch focuser? Maybe it can suddenly become good?
brian nordstrom
08-11-2012, 07:39 PM
:eyepop:Oh my God ! Just when you thought you had your eyepiece collection sorted !!! ,, not mentioning the focusers ! .
WHEW! :D .
Looking forward to a review or 10 ...
Brian.
AG Hybrid
08-11-2012, 10:14 PM
Price projections from Scott Roberts are about $1300-$1500. Starting to make TV Ethos eyepieces look like chump change.
MortonH
08-11-2012, 10:55 PM
ES no longer want to be a cheap copy, then!
Wavytone
09-11-2012, 09:53 PM
Mmmm needs a decent scope. Not much point putting that on anything faster than f/6.
A 6" f/13 refractor, or 12" maksutov would do nicely.
I'll have to get me a 12" Questar...
ausastronomer
11-11-2012, 12:36 PM
Whilst it's a big eyepiece by normal standards there have been plenty bigger over the years.
The Siebert Observatory series have 4" barrels.
Attached is an image of a 4" barrell 80mm Siebert eyepiece alongside a 40mm Pentax XL, which itself is no midget.
Also attached is an image of the 60mm Pentax XL eyepiece which has a special threaded barrel. The 60mm Pentax XL is pictured alongside a 22mm Televue Nagler T4 on the right, again not huge but not a midget.
The 60mm Pentax XL is 10" long and 4" in diameter. It was available by special order in the late 1990's and early 2000's. It sold for $US 3,995. It was designed specifically for use with the large Pentax refractors, which didnt see much light in the Western World.
Cheers,
John B
Kunama
11-11-2012, 03:04 PM
So are you saying size does matter John ?
I prefer the lightweight approach to astronomy myself ;)
(and I thought my LVWs were on the large side)
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