[ausastronomer (John Bambury)]

Originally Posted by cjpops

Thanks for that Chris.. Those eyepieces look better built than the cheap 'standard' ones i've been looking at.

Might order the same 12.5mm & 5mm eyepieces you mentioned.. Should these give me more details i.e. Jupiter?

Hi Craig,

I would get the 9mm and the 7mm, if you can only afford 2. The 5mm will give you 300X in your 12"/F5 which more often than not will be way too much magnification and give poor quality images due to atmospheric conditions. The 7mm will give you 214X which will be "useable" on an infinitely more frequent basis than the 5mm and probably hold up on 70% of nights. The 9mm will give you 166X which will be useable "almost" every night.

Cheers,
John B