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I have a homemade 6"f7 Newt, optimised for visual obs with a 3.5% by area secondary. It only takes 1.25" eyepieces. My other scopes 18" dob, 8" Vixen cass and 80mm and 100mm refractors all have 2" focusers.
Over the years I have assembled an excellent set of mostly premium eyepieces. Most of the premium eyepieces have been purchased second hand here on IIS.
2" eyepieces
GSO SV 42mm (54 deg)
31mm* & 17mm* Naglers (82 deg)
1.25" eyepieces
Unitron 40mm Kellner
Meade 25mm & 12mm Orthoscpic (45 deg)
Denkmeier D21mm* and D14mm (65 deg)*
University Optics 16mm König (65 deg)
Explore Scientific 11mm (82 deg)
Pentax XW10* & XW5* (70 deg)
Nagler 12mm* and 7mm* (82 deg)
* Purchased 2nd hand
For some reason, the Denkmeiers are resold at very discounted prices. They are really superb eyepieces in fast newts and longer f ratio scopes. Many members of my circle of friends all own the 14mm and 21mm Denkmeiers.
The Naglers, Denks and Pentax are the jewels in this set. The others are good eyepieces, just not superb eyepieces.
Joe
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