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Old 25-02-2016, 02:32 PM
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Well within your budget I just remembered these 68-degree EPs will work great and are well suited to your scope:
Saxon SWA 13mm
Saxon SWA 8mm
Get them here: http://astropetes.com.au/accessories.html - for $129 a pop. They perform exceptionally well for the money.

They are basically rebadged Orion Stratus, which are Vixen LVW clones/inspired EPs. (The Baader Hyperion is similar and Celestron have a line as well, I forget what it's called. They are more expensive though.)

I'd recommend only the 13mm and 8mm for your scope. (The others will work fine but they won't be very useful.) These can be barlowed for planetary observation, but that gets a bit awkward because they are so big and also you'll get better planetary performance from a simpler/dedicated-planetary EP design.

To be honest I'm not sure what to recommend but maybe the Skywatcher UWAs on the same page I linked above Astro Pete's could be a good option. They look and sound from the short descriptions as TMB Planetary clones (-- they're poorly named though; ultra wide normally implies 80+ degree FOV. These are 58, same as the TMBs). Skywatcher has not updated their website about them unfortunately. Ask the shop about them. If they're decent then get the 6 and 5 mm; and optionally the 4mm (but that's pushing 300x, which you'll rarely get to use). That would be a great bargain set. Then the only thing you'd need is a wide TFOV. That's harder.

I got a second hand 27mm Panoptic for my 8" f/6 GSO. I also had most of the Stratus EPs and some of the TMBs. They did work very well in that scope.

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