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Old 01-03-2013, 09:22 AM
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Hi Robert,

If you can hold out wait for IISAC! You'll be able to see, even borrow, some different types of EPs. Some inexpensive others $$$. You be able to see what different aparent fields of view (AFOV) look like, how comfortable they are for you, and what may work best in your scope.

Some EP designs are better suited to some scope. Designs than others too, so what works well in one is terrible in another.

Your scope may be modest, but it still merits learning its strengths and weaknesses. Hey, my first scope was a little 50mm refractor with what I know now were dreadful eyepieces. But I cut my teeth with it over 13 years. Not long ago I actually used better EPs with - man! What a difference in image quality!!! Nothing wrong with that little scope . So you too may be very pleasantly surprised at what your scope can deliver.
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