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Hi Tim,
I started Astro with a Bintel 10” Dob back in late 2016 and after using the supplied Bintel eye pieces ( 10mm and 30mm ) for 6 months , I wanted better views. Don Whiteman ( Bintel ) recommended I try a Televue eye piece , so I bought a Delos 17.3mm and I was hooked.
I bought 2 to 3 Televue eye pieces each year and now have the following eye pieces -
Paracorr Type 2 Coma Corrector
Delos 17.3mm
Delos 10mm
Delos 6mm
Delos 4.5mm
Ethos 21mm
Ethos 13mm
Ethos 8mm
Ethos 4.7mm
Panoptic 24mm
Panoptic 27mm
Apollo 11mm Limited Edition
In 2019 I sold my Bintel 10” Dob and bought a Skywatcher 12” Goto Dob
My skies are Bortle 3 on the south coast of NSW
These days I’m more of an imager but still enjoy visual astronomy when seeing and transparency is good. On a few occasions I’ve had my imaging rig taking exposures of an object from my Backyard Dome and in the front yard I’m observing the same object with my 12” Goto Dob and Televue eye pieces.
Since your observing site is Bortle 1 , then you’re able to observe and resolve many targets and not just restricted to DSO’s.
The Moon our closest neighbour provides unbelievable views at 50% phase cycle using my Televue Ethos 4.7mm , definitely a spacewalk feel.
Like wise using Delos 6mm and 4.5mm on Saturn and Jupiter with appropriate filters.
The Panoptic 24mm in my opinion is the best all round Televue eye piece that I own. However the Ethos 21mm ( hand grenade) is my favourite. I viewed M42 last year and could resolve the 4 trap stars easily with my 12” . Such a beautiful Nebula and vast through an eye pieces.
The Panoptic 27mm is a great eye piece too but the 24mm is my favourite.
Most Televue eye pieces have good eye relief 15 to 20mm which is important
I have owned 2 Delite eye pieces but sold them as there AFOV was not much better than standard 50deg eye pieces.
I could keep waffling on but as I said I’m a part time visual observer and my Televue eye pieces are keepers for life.
You really can’t go wrong with Televue , they are premium high end eye pieces,
I hope other more serious and experienced observers chime in to offer more advice
Cheers for now
Martin
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