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Originally Posted by 209herschel
Absolutely right. I didn't even know there was a difference! I'll be buying the 6.7 from vti (or anywhere I can find it cheaper) and this will be my lunar/planetary eyepiece.
I also have the 30mm GSO superview. For now, until I can afford a higher quality eyepiece for DSOs, does this seem sound? I also have 9mm, 15mm and 25mm plossls.
I haven't yet seen the Lagoon Nebula, galaxies, and many other things I'm keen to still find but I'm new to this and I enjoy looking at lunar craters, Saturn, etc. Thanks.
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That's a good spread of eyepieces you have. The 30mm Superview might give too little magnification unless you're under a dark sky. In light polluted areas the background sky will likely be too bright, making it harder to pick out faint objects. It will be useful to find objects in its wider FOV, but once you're centred on the object you'll probably want a higher power to increase contrast. The 15mm and 9mm Plossls will be very good for many, many deep sky objects.