Its safe to talk cause she is outside with the scope at the moment
Thanks for such an in depth response John and taking the time to do it. She is 35 and does not wear glasses. So stick with the Pan 24?
The eye relief on the nagler 13 was something that crossed my mind and I did wonder that if she ever did need glasses down the track that it could be an issue with this eyepiece. I did ask her (pretending I was reading an article from her Aust Sky & Telescope) if she had the choice between two eyepieces based on what you said, her reply was "well I guess I would have to get both to evaluate". A good answer, but not a particulary helpful one in this case.
I read your advice given to Suzy when she was in the same boat and I understand she ended up going with the Denkmeier 14. It was interesting to see your comment that if you were starting from scratch you would get the Denkmeier. Do you rate it more than the Ethos 13?
One thing that did cross my mind is that since the Denk is a 14 vs the Nagler being 13, will the lower mangnification on the Denk effectively give approximatley the same field of view as the nagler?
She did say that she wished her current 25mm plossl had a wider field of view tonight, which makes me think that the Pan 24 you have all sugguested is a winner.
All the reviews or comments on the Pentax XW10 I have seen seem to rave about this eyepeice, it certainly sounds like a amazing eyepiece to have. I had pretty much settled on that for Christmas till I read Groboz comments and thought I had best do some more research on the topic.
Its certainly been a much more involved and complex decision than I thought it would be. There are so many variables to take into consideration and though while I can look at specs on a spreadsheet, it is from users like yourself and people in this forum who give the best hands on advice, which at the end of the day is what is about.
Best dash, it sounds like I am needed to help bring the scope in.