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Old 16-04-2016, 11:41 PM
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Good thinking about wider fields. Obviously, tracking at higher powers is a lot easier when the eyepieces have wider fields, since the objects stay in the field a lot longer during the drift.
If you need glasses while observing, look for eyepieces (like the Baader) that have eye reliefs of 17-20mm or more.

Just as an aside, no widefield eyepiece can be orthoscopic (free from distortion). Orthoscopy is limited to narrow fields (say 45° or less). So your Paragons are not orthoscopic, as good as they are.
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