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Old 27-04-2012, 01:11 PM
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Thanks for that Tony. I had seen those sold under the Andrews' badge and was thinking what they were all about. Now I know.

Here's another interesting thing I've been told by my eyepiece guru, Wavytone. I asked him about these, and this was his reply:

"The Celestron Ultima-LX set are a copy of the Vixen LVW's, they even got the message about focal lengths, keeping them all 2" and roughly the same weight. They aren't an exact copy as Celestron reduced the eye-relief to 16mm and went for a 70 degree FoV, fair enough if you are using an f/10 SCT, you'll never see the eyepiece aberrations.

But how they fare in a fast Newtonian I have no idea."


Very interesting. Looks like the LVW's have quite a following. Not only as cloned Hyperions and Stratus, but modified copies with the Ultima LX, Astro Tech AF, and the Andrews range. All of a sudden, the eyepiece world has got a smaller, again.

Mind you, neither the LVW's or its variations, have got bad raps. The LVW's on top, with the rest in second place with ney a straw between them.
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