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Hi Ingrid,
I was aiming at 2 EPs but ended up getting 3 - TV Nag 13mm, TV Pan 24mm and a Pentax XW 10mm. I haven't used the Pentax yet but the nagler has been unbelievably good. I have used the Panoptic on the sun but cannot really make a good judgement yet. I also bought a Bintel 2" 2x barlow to give me some better magnifications - don't know if it is good yet, I wanted a TV Powermate but ran out of funds, so that will probably be my next long term upgrade (would give me barlows for both scopes).
EPs are expensive and if you are like me - either away at sea or busy with kids - you don't have time to go to astronomy clubs to try before you buy. Reading all these forums here is really what guided me to buy the EPs that I did.
I remember when I first logged in to IIS for the first time asking for advice Malcolm (barx1963) gave me advice to get the Nag 13mm and the Pan 24mm - it was very sound advice. Very sound advice.
Don't know what EPs you have but the Nagler is totally awesome and I could not recommend it highly enough. By all accounts the Pan and XW are equally good - I will find out soon enough........
Best regards, F.
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