[Jeeps (Sam)]

Hey guys,

i've starting really settling into which eyepieces i use the most. I've been using my 10 mm Pentax XW the most due to the excellent eye relief and wideview. I also use my 6mm TMB when i'm trying to get some more magnification out of the scope. Above this range I only have the 25mm eyepiece that came with my scope and a GSO 2" 30mm SUperview. I find the superview great to use but because of the 2" barrel i'm not a fan of constantly changing the 2" adaptor out for the 1.25" to suit my other eyepieces. I find the 25mm that came with scope quite good, but i would like something a bit more wideview (like the pentax) so i don't have 'nudge the dob' so much and possibly clearer/sharper. I'm about to buy my first 'proper' low power eyepiece.

I've been reading up and i think i'm settled on the 24mm Televue Panoptic as it seems to be fairly affordable, and most importantly is in the 1.25" size. I also note that the 19mm pan is supposed to be very good too and is also considerably cheaper. I'm not after anything that's very wideview but i want something that i can use in conjunction with my pentax 10mm that i can use to scan around. A 19mm would give 63x mag and a 24mm would give me 50x mag. Also, if i buy the cheaper 19mm the money saved could go towards a televue barlow or similar to replace my cheap barlow.

Does anyone have any thoughts on which would be best for my 10" skywatcher dob?

cheers