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Old 02-07-2006, 10:48 AM
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Few updates.

Sold or sale pending: TV 15mm Plossl, Antares barlow, Nagler 17mm T4.

Antares Elite Plossls are probably not very well known this side of the planet so to help whet your appetites here is a bit more info:

These eyepieces are essentially the same as the now discontinued and highly regarded Celestron Ultimas. (See e.g. this thread on IIS or this one on CN.) The Ultimas, alongside the TeleVue Plossls, were rated as the top performers in a comprehensive comparison review of 10 major brands of Plossl eyepieces in Sky and Telescope, April 1996, page 38. PM me if you are interested in having a read of the article. I can confirm the performance of the Elites is excellent in scopes fast or slow (... but one can have too many eyepieces).