[casstony]

The 23mm Axiom is a decent wide field eyepiece but the bulbous outer covering isn't to my liking. The outer body can be removed by unscrewing the two screws beneath the Celestron insignias, resulting in a somewhat slimmer and lighter eyepiece which offers significantly more comfortable eye positioning.

The screws in the photo are to block holes which might let dust into the eyepiece until I make a bicycle inner tube rubber covering for the body. The Televue cap fits firmly but easily over the eyelens and doesn't fall off.

After the two screws are removed the whole outer body slides off; sticky green grease then needs to be cleaned off the eyepiece, avoiding contamination of the eyelens.

I'd seen this done with a 15mm Axiom but there's more to be gained by stripping the larger eyepieces because of their greater diameter and weight.