Thread: what eyepiece?
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Old 19-10-2014, 11:33 PM
Renato1 (Renato)
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It depends what size eyepiece you are talking about. If you are talking 1.25" eyepieces, the field of view from a 32mm standard plossl is around as big as you are going to get (which won't be much bigger than in a 25mm wide angle eyepiece). If you use a 40mm eyepiece you see the same field as you would have seen in the 32mm, you have a brighter image with a bigger exit pupil, but it feels like you are looking through a tunnel to see the image.

If you are talking 2" eyepieces, then a wide angle 40mm eyepiece will show you the biggest field, which will be noticeably bigger than that of a 32mm wide angle eyepiece, and around the same as from a standard angle 50 or 55mm eyepiece.
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