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Old 19-05-2005, 02:53 PM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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Mike / Louie and everyone else I have given a BUM STEER,

My apologies.

I have just realised the eyepiece I am thinking about is not the same eyepiece as the one you guys are bagging. I should have gelled when I said the one I had was black and the Orion Epics were silver, also the one I had was 5mm not 5.2mm focal length. So I am not talking about Andrews ED eyepieces I am talking about Andrews LER eyepieces duhhhhh !!!

Here is a link to the eyepiece I am talking about on sale in the UK. It is sold under the Skywatcher label which is the Synta Brand Name.

http://www.obm.co.uk/products/db/578.htm

AFOV is narrow at 45 deg but they do provide 20mm of eye-relief in all focal lengths, they work well at F5 and image quality is very good considering the price, <$80 from Andrews, if he still sells them. They are not in the class of good orthos, plossls or premium eyepieces but they are pretty good considering the price if you need Long Eye Relief on a budget.

CS-John B
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