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Originally Posted by cjmarsh81
I am currently looking at the 13mm TeleVue Nagler Type 6, only because I read Iceman's review of Wide Angle EP's and it comes out on top.
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Keep in mind that every subjective qualitative review is based on personal opinion. Are you aware that the co-author of Iceman's review, John (ausastronomer) puts the Pentax on top?
I can thoroughly recommend the 13mm Orion Stratus. I did have both a 13mm Stratus and a 13mm T6 Nagler, and spent many hours comparing them.
The Nagler is not without its faults, but no eyepiece is. Planetary performance was the most disappointing aspect for me (with too much light scatter around the planet in the centre of field), followed by comfort. It is a bit fussy on eye placement, and somewhat prone to blackouts. But it gets easier the more you use it, and get used to it. It does not have much eye relief. A lot of people find it too little. I found it just enough.
The Stratus is a different style of eyepiece. It is BIG and fairly heavy. It has a big eye-lens, and lots of eye relief. It is lot more comfortable and easier to use than the Nagler. It has a 68 degree field of view, as opposed to the Nagler's whopping 82 degrees, but 68 is plenty wide IMO. It works very well in my f6 and is reported to work well in f5 as well.
Comaring the eyepieces on star clusters and doubles I could never resolve more marginal detail in the Nagler than in the Stratus.
Both eyepieces work quite well on planets, but not up to the standard of UO HDs and Televue plossls.
The Stratus is the perfect public viewing eyepiece, because it is so easy to look through and barlows well to give a very comfortable mid-high power planetary EP.
And here is the best news: Stratus sells for around $180.
Baader Hyperion is another very similar eyepiece worth considering.
Both the Stratus and the Hyperion are clones of Vixen LVWs.
Uh, and I sold the Nagler and kept the Stratus. The Nagler's performance did not justify its high price to my eyes. But, at the risk of labouring the point, pls keep in mind that this is only my personal opinion. If I was rich I'd keep them both.
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Originally Posted by cjmarsh81
I love my 5mm Vixen LV. So I have looked at the Vixen LVW, but am not impressed with the 65deg FOV.
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Have you looked through one? 65degrees is generous IMO. 70 is the most I would ever want.