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Originally Posted by vespine
wow, that's some great advice there! Thank you very much, brain still racing... A couple of things to add:
These were mentioned in one of the replies:
a 17mm Orion Stratus and a 13mm Orion Stratus.
I'm scouring the bintel website and can't find them, there's just bintel, meade and tele vue, am I not looking in the right place?
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These are only a fairly recently released eyepiece by Orion in the USA. They are not listed on the Bintel website but they are a special order that Bintel will get in for you from the USA, they cost about $180 each. If they generate enough demand in the future Bintel are likely to carry them as a standard line.
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Originally Posted by vespine
Could you clarify? More suitable then the 30mm 2" with barlow because? Sharpness of image or contrast or something else?.
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The 30mm GSO Superview barlowed 2X to 15mm, is a reasonably heavy combination that optically will be inferior to the 13mm and 17mm Orion Stratus or the UO HD orthos or a high grade plossl like the Televue. Despite what others have mentioned, IMO the GSO plossls are marginal at best and I would be setting my sights a little higher if you can afford it, if not the GSO plossls will have to do for the time being.
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Originally Posted by vespine
So seems like the Meade Series 5000 Ultra Wide Angle 08.8mm gets no votes? Better to start off with the orion or tele vue?
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I haven't used the Meade 8.8mm Series 5000 UWA but I have used the 14mm and and the Orion Stratus is a better eyepiece for $100 less IMO. The 14mm Series 5000 Meade UWA didnt impress me at all for a semi premium eyepiece. However, some colleagues in the USA advise me that the 14mm UWA that I used is the worst of all the Series 5000 UWA's and the other focal lengths in this series are a lot better. Nevertheless, I would be going with the Stratus at $180 or high grade plossls or orthos, unless you wish to pay top $$$ for Pentax XW's, Naglers, Panoptics or Vixen LVW.
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Originally Posted by vespine
Yeah I was thinking for only $100 over the 'standard' I'd go the premium anyway.
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Definately worth spending the $100 here and I suggested the Orion Stratus and barlow on the assumption you were buying the premium scope with the crayford focuser.
CS-John B