[Gargoyle_Steve (Steve)]

Ron there's plenty of good advice in this thread already, but remember also that these kinds of topics have come up previously. Have a read back through a lot of the older threads as well - change your settings when viewing this category to see threads posted within the last year for instance instead of the last month.

I know there was a whole heap of extremely valuable reading in this category because when I joined about a year ago I read back over this stuff for 2-4 hours a night, almost every night, for weeks and weeks and weeks. I'm no expert, no where near it, and I haven't had opportunity too try most of the ep's mentioned, but I learned a hell of a lot about good and bad eyepieces, barlows, etc.

There is great advice on budget, medium, & top priced eyepieces - yes, they do differ, but different ep's suit different people too. Try to buy as good as you can comfortably afford I guess, there's little value in buying cheap ep's if you can afford better - remember that a good eyepiece can go with you on your journey as you grow in this hobby. No matter what scope you buy next, or how many scopes you leave behind, you can always take your eyepieces along with you.

In particular if you want to cut to the real gold in this topic search for any posts by Ausastronomer - read everything he has written, listen to what he says ... because most others listen pretty carefully to his opinions re eyepieces.

Cheers Ron, and always remember to have fun with your observing!