The Tele Vue 8-24mm zoom is also a good performer and well priced in AUS as is the Tele Vue 32mm Plossl. These two eyepieces both have good eye relief and the 32mm will give you a nice exit pupil and the widest TFOV in 1.25".
If you want a bit more AFOV, go the 24mm Panoptic instead of the 32mm Plossl but also add the zoom. I'd go the Plossl+zoom though and get a 1.25" UHC or O-III filter (or both) to go with the 32mm+zoom.
You may find the 8-24 zoom + 32mm is all you will ever need or at least for a while and even if you get other eyepieces the zoom is still very handy.
Note adding a f6.3 focal reducer has a similar effect on TFOV as going from 1.25" to 2". ( ie. 1.25/2 = 0.625) and you wont have the vignetting with the larger 2" eyepieces. You can add the focal reducer later if you feel you want more TFOV for certain objects or for shorter exposures in astrophotography.
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