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Old 08-06-2014, 12:38 AM
Renato1 (Renato)
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Originally Posted by Allan View Post
Renato you are correct, but have missed the point of the statement. As an all round deep sky eyepiece, you can't beat a 3mm exit pupil. As you point out, 3mm is not ideal for detecting faint detail in galaxies. But that is a separate issue.
Thanks Allen,
I guess it all depends what one is into. I must admit that when using my Maks nowadays, I tend to go for a 3mm exit pupil. But in my galaxy hunting days of many years ago with my dob, while I really liked my then 3mm exit pupil eyepiece (Meade 14mm Ultrawide) I just kept going back to my 2mm exit pupil eyepiece most of the time (9mm Nagler) - mainly because there a thousands more galaxies than the rest of the DSOs.
Cheers,
Renato
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