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Originally Posted by skytry
hi John,
I have been reading with interest you views (re) eyepiece
selection, and thank you for more information,
John, are you saying to stay with the 1.25in, in better quality
eyepieces?, or 2in,
regards,
Peter
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Hi Peter, as Matt mentioned your problem does not seem to be a product of the dimension of the eyepiece barrel (e.g. 1.25" or 2") it seems to stem from eye relief (your comfort) while looking through the lens (e.g. the diemsions of the lens you look through, the wider the more comfortable, this is called eye relief).
I'm sure if you increased the eye relief (to say 15-20mm) of your high mag eyepieces (your 6mm-10mm focal length eyepieces) your eyes would be more comfortable and you wouldn't have to squint into a small 6-8mm hole. I have issues with my eyes as well (I got some metal shards stuck in my eye in my former life as a foundry worker) and I cannot keep my eyes open for long periods of time, so that's why I purchased an eyepiece with a large eyerelief (Orion Startus/ES 68s/Hyperions). The Hyperions and the Startus' come in all focal lengths as I stated in my previous post and every single eyepiece has 20mm of eye relief, a nice easy to use window into the universe. As stated the ES eyepieces are also highly recommended. I have no experience with the Vixens but have looked through a heap of Pentax and Tele Vue eyepieces and if you have the coin...
The useful things about Hyperons is that they unscrew and you can use them as 1.25 or 2" eyepieces. They are not top shelf eyepieces but they are very good performers at reasonable cost, something I personally had to weigh up.
Alex actually put me onto them, curse you Alex...
All my knowledge about eyepieces was guided by very helpful people like Matt and Alex, I hope my experience with eyepiece selection helps
