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Old 19-10-2010, 10:02 PM
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$ 400 is a pretty nice budget to work with Richard
while looking at quality over quantity like you mention

20 mm pentax xw and your barlow gives you 60x/120x
usefull mags for most dso .. running out around the $300 plus range .

10 mm xw for the same dollars takes care of your dso and planetary
120x/240x but leaves low power a little financially challenged for the hundred or so you have left .

pentax xf 8.5 at around the $200 mark is also a great eyepiece
leaving a couple of hundred left .. maybe the
Hyperions and there clones are an option for you to mix things up a little
with any of the above to get a good result to suit your needs .

best wishes with your choices
graham
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