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Originally Posted by milkyway_dingo
I had seen these 'zoomable' eyepieces.. Which I am not sure about. Theres this cheaper Celestron one, but I think people find the Baader ones to be better?
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Hi Simon, I like zoom eyepieces for their convenience and most modern zooms are decent. The main advantage of the Hyperion over the Celestron is a wider field of view. The Celestron is decent (I've owned one) and given it's low price I might buy that to get the range of focal lengths while keeping an eye out in the classifieds for suitable widefield eyepieces.
The Explore Scientific 68 degree and 82 degree eyepieces are very good quality and more moderately priced than the premium brands. Avoid buying shorter focal length/high magnification eyepieces until you work out what magnifications your observing site will allow you to reach.