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Originally Posted by Profiler
Second, quality of eyepiece does make a big difference. You need to be consistent the whole way through with the optical path. Probably the absolute best eyepiece for the 'specific' parameter of light pass/contrast are the Pentax XWs. There are many other excellent eyepieces which are superior on other attributes but for this specific variable in viewing DSOs through a refractor I found the XWs to be best.
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Hadn't considered that so much as the scope itself. Next time I get away from the city I'll need to redo my side-by-side using my 21mm Pentax XL instead of the 22mm Panoptic.