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Originally Posted by Esseth
I was thinking of going either for the Vixen 12mm and then use my boxing day savings for 2x Omni Barlow at 105$ since i don't have one yet. or i was going for the 15mm SW wide angle, but after a bit of reading the Vixen sounds better.
One thing is that vixen says "A wide field of view with the apparent field of view of 72 degrees can be obtained." but its FoV (deg) is 65?
Either way looking forward to getting something new.
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I'm fairly sure the AFOV of the 9mm through 25mm LVs is 50 deg. Yes, not wide, but nice glass for the price, good eye relief compared with equivalent plossls, nice size and nice looks. Mainly for Moon and planets but OK for anything else where FOV is not a problem - eg. planetary nebulae.
By the way, I'm sure the LVs are discontinued (in favour of the better, but more expensive LVWs) so stock might be hard to come by. Others, even in Australia, advertise the same eyepiece for less than York's price.