New 30mm 100 degree ES eyepiece !!!

[bytor666]

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]

That's one mother of an eyepiece...

[AG Hybrid]

You got to be sh*tting me~~~~


Hmmm my Skywatcher dob has a 3 inch focuser? Maybe it can suddenly become good?

[brian nordstrom]

: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]

Price projections from Scott Roberts are about $1300-$1500. Starting to make TV Ethos eyepieces look like chump change.

[MortonH]

ES no longer want to be a cheap copy, then!

[Wavytone]

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]

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]

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)