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What makes an eye piece great?
I ask this because I currently own these eye pieces
T.V. 8mm plossl
T.V. 15 mm plossl
Orion Stratus. 5mm,17mm,21mm
Meade qx 26mm
A few days ago I had the opportunity to observe the Orion Nebula & Jupiter using a friends 21mm ethos in a 12" Lightbridge on Orion Nebula and 8mm Ethos on Jupiter the views were great but I didn't get that wow factor actually on Jupiter the 8mm plossl gave me the better view and on Orion Nebula I was hard pressed deciding which one gave the most pleasing visual, Ethos or Stratus as there is a significant price difference I would have assumed the Ethos would blow the Stratus out of the ballpark the fact that it did not surprised me. So my scope has a f5 focal ratio would that have any significance on the Ethos' performance? as my friend uses a Meade LX 90 10" with a focal length of f 10 he too was astounded by the Stratus . So what criteria comes into play when we buy eye pieces?. I am short sighted so don't need glasses at the eye piece .So do we really have to spend big bucks for little improvement? what do you think?
Manny
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