I'm happy to hear that. It's really a matter of the 68 24mm ES or the Panoptic which costs so much more. From Allan's comment below, I'm going to try higher magnification on DSOs. I think it may be I've been using too low a magnification. Anyway, I'll just keep experimenting. Thanks very much.
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Originally Posted by N1
I currently own 2 ES eyepieces (16 and 28mm), as well as a 24 Pan. Going by the physical and optical quality of the 2 ES units using the TV as a bench mark, I have no reason to believe that the 24mm version of the ES 68° will be anything other than a great eyepiece.
Increasing the power on DSOs can help reduce the effects of LP somewhat by making the background sky darker. But there is no substitute for a dark site. Having said that, the more prominent DSOs are still worthwhile targets even from suburban skies, IMHO.
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