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Old 06-03-2014, 02:23 PM
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The Delos is about the best widefield, deep sky eyepiece you can buy, plus it performs very well on lunar and planets. So in that one eyepiece you cover all observing options very well. But as John and co explains, if you want to get serious about the planetary side of observing, then premium orthos will show more detail.

But, if you want a setup that shows you the most possible planetary detail in your telescope, you have to observe with a bino viewer. I have never seen more detail with a single eyepiece as I have in my BinoTron. The secret is that bino viewing is so easy and comfortable. It's like sitting there watching television. I think nothing of observing Jupiter for 3 hours straight, and the amount of fine detail you see over a long period as the seeing comes and goes is quite amazing. I don't have the energy to spend that amount of time observing one target in mono mode.
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