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Old 23-03-2009, 12:34 AM
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I agree with the comment about plossls and eye relief especially for me once you get below 10 mm.

I think a pretty good "budget" eyepiece are the TMB Planetary eye Pieces (or whatever they are called now). Daniel at Frontier Optics did handle them. While they are not quite in the same class as the Pentax, Televue range, I consider them above many others (plossls etc.) as the have good eye relief and a larger field of view.

The Pentax XF eyepieces also deliver value with outstanding performance and a lower price point.

I've always encouraged people to avoid buying lots of cheap eyepieces if they think they are serious about the hobby. On any given viewing night I will tend to use just a couple of eyepieces...

Get a couple of good ones instead of several average ones...the money you spend will be about the same. Also if you decide to exit the hobby, the less than $50 eyepieces will be hard to give away...the higher end stuff will retain a much larger portion of its re-sale value.

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