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Originally Posted by gregbradley
I just received a 17.5mm Morpheus and a 16mm Nagler T5. I'll be pitting these 2 together next clear night probably at a dark site.
The Morpheus comes very nicely packaged with a belt pouch and a screw up eyepiece and seems really well made. The Nagler is surprisingly small, compact and light.
Has anyone had experience with these Morpheus eyepieces? If its a good eyepiece I'll most likely get a shorter focal length one around 9mm.
I'll be using it on a CFF105 F6 and an AP130GT F6.3.
I like Nagler eyepieces and have a 3.5mm, 9mm and 16mm Nagler.
The best views I have ever had was through a Tak FS152 and a Nagler 22mm T4. Next best was a TEC180FL and a 13mmTV Ethos. But generally I don't want huge and heavy eyepieces. The 100 degree FOV is not that appealling to me. 76-82 is plenty.
The Masuyama 10mm is a beautiful eyepiece and gives some of the best views in 3/4 of it field with the last 1/4 a bit aberrated but it still left about 60 degrees looking very natural, sharp and good colour - natural. They make a 20mm, 26mm and larger. 20mm on those scopes is quite widefield.
I have a few other brand eyepeices from years ago, a 12mm University Optics, Edmunds RKE 15, Meade UWA 14mm (don't laugh, its an awesome eyepiece but huge).
Suggestions?
Greg.
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I have the 12.5mm Morpheus with my 10 inch Dob. Only had a few sessions but I have nothing bad to say about it. I've only used it under suburban skies, but still impressed with the view it provides. When I'm looking at Nebulas and star clusters I can't imagine how a Televue for hundred of $$ more could possibly improve the view. I'm no expert, and I'm comparing this to the original plossls that came with the scope so feel free to ignore my thoughts.
