[Suzy]

Could anyone please recommend a really good planetary eyepiece, 5mm, with good eye relief, neutral colour, over 50mm fov, and under $200.

I hear the wide fovs degrade contrast? And I know from experience putting a barlow on degrades quality somewhat, despite having a decent ED one. The 10mm I have at the moment isn't a good one (it came with the scope). Unless you'll can suggest a good 10mm that can handle a barlow ED well. Otherwise, I'll just use the 5mm straight. This will give me 240X on my 6" Dob.

I want to get decent views of the bands on Saturn and Jupiter. I was reading up on the TMB's but one review said it gives a warm and ruddy colour and you get better contrast by staying neutral. And as for the Orion Stratas, a review said there was flaring on the edges. And the Uni. orthos had a lack of eye relief and a small fov so were uncomfortable. I don't care what country I have to get this ep from, my invisible plane is ready to go.

This will be my last ep (yeah, you laugh!), so I want it to be a really good one.