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At the moment I only have three eyepieces - the ones that came with my 8" Dob (my good eps are elsewhere just now). With the 32mm GSO wide view, the view is so wide that I don't notice any coma at the edges. The other eps are 15mm and 9mm. With both these eps I notice the coma. It's also noticeable on Jupiter when it reaches the edges of the field and the detail just gets smeared out.
The dilemma is - a new Paracorr costs almost the same as a used HEQ5 mount. So do I buy a Paracorr or get a mount and keep the objects in the centre of the field of view? Of course, buying a mount ruins the whole convenience factor of a Dob, but I'm tempted to get a mount anyway to try some imaging, so maybe it's a better option.
Either way, you wish you could either not spend the money or else spend it on improving your eyepiece collection.
Morton
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