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Originally Posted by brian nordstrom
 Yes .
Personally I am in between Alex and Steve on this , as I have owned a few Hyperion's as a set , an 8mm 13mm and 21mm if memory serves and found them good but there is something about them , as has been said here ? they ( for me anyway ) never really 'Gelled ?' , as a set one was good for this , another was good at that , and so on , shame really as they are a very well made eyepiece .
If I was you I would look hard at the Long Perng planetary eyepieces Andrews sells , these have a nice 20mm eye relief and work very well together as a set , so to speak  and that helps a lot in the dark at midnight .
Also saving a lot of cash getting a 3 eyepiece set .
In your scope I would suggest the 9mm 12mm and 18mm , good eyepieces these are .
Also have a long hard look at that 28mm 2 inch WO for sale in the Classifieds , awesome buy that is .
Brian. |
Hello all,
Thank you again for great advice; I ended up getting a couple of the Long Perng LER eyepieces as Brian suggested
for now ( a 9mm and a 14.5mm - only ones Andrews had in current stock!). They were very affordable, and I hope a good intermediate step up from my Plossl eyepieces. I ordered Tuesday and they were in my hands Wednesday - pretty good service!
Got to use them on Friday night, and
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I can't believe how good Jupiter and Saturn looked! And I think we have seen Mars "properly" for the first time! I assume these are a wider view than a Plossl; it was much easier to follow these with our 12" Dob! I will try and post an observation report/review! Perhaps I'm easily pleased but these are really nice and make a huge improvement for planetary viewing!