Hello,
I am a very newbie who is newly armed with a Celestron Nextar 6, which was supplied with a plossl 25mm eyepiece.
I am mainly interested at this point at viewing planets.
I am looking at getting a higher magnification eyepiece. Can you please let me know if I m on the right track by surmising the following-
(Nexstar 6 (apeture 150mm), Focal length 1500mm, Focal ratio 10)
If I was to buy the following, I would get the following magnification-
7mm eyepiece-214x
8mm eyepiece -187.5x
If I coupled this with a barlow, I would get better eye relief (yes? to barlow or not to barlow?)
a 16mm eyepiece with barlow would give 187.5x
a 14mm with barlow 214x
(I have read that you dont want to go too far past 200x...?)
I am lucky to be effected with pretty mulch zilch light pollution, I do not wear eye glasses, and I am looking at spending about $450 max.
In light of the above, I am looking at purchasing one the following
options:
(To use with Barlow)
Meade Series 5000 Ultra Wide Angle 14mm
Orion MegaView 16mm
Orion Edge On 16mm
(To use without barlow)
TeleVue 7mm Nagler Type 6
And these are the Barlows I m looking at-
Celestron Ultima 2x Barlow
TeleVue 2x Barlow
Celestron Omni 2x Barlow
Sorry if I ve gone into too much detail or this is covered elsewhere that I haven t found. Any recommendations or confirmation that I m at least on the right track would be much appreciated
