Eyepiece Chess?

[erick (Eric)]

OK, full Moon. What to do?

Right, time for eyepiece Chess.

Suggestions for the pieces - which eyepieces?

And who is going to admit that they have a full Chess set of eyepieces?

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

Pawns: Celestron Nexstar Plossls (particularly 6mm)- simply woeful -easily sacrificed.

Rooks: Vixen LV 7,9, or 10mm. Straight-up solid performers.

Knights: TV Nagler 13T6's. Just seem to fit this piece.

Bishops: Pentax 10mm XW or 10.5 XL. Stately & graceful with hidden strenghts

Queens: TV 19 Panoptics. Best all round EP for anything really.

Kings: Either 17mm Ethos - Manly and powerful, but little room for eye-movement
or
Panoptic 41

[Baddad (Marty)]

Originally Posted by erick

And who is going to admit that they have a full Chess set of eyepieces?

Hi Erick,

So, I am putting you in the hot seat. Do you have a full chess set of eye pieces?

Binocular viewer, doubles up on eyepieces and just have to colour one set. I am close myself.

Cheers Marty

[AstralTraveller (David)]

I reckon there must be enough unused GSO plossls out there to run a tournament. You get half a set with every scope. I had mine in a scope just long enough to work out I would never use them.

[erick (Eric)]

Peter, nice choices. LVs for rooks- yes.

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by Baddad

So, I am putting you in the hot seat. Do you have a full chess set of eye pieces?

Hardly half way! I have sixteen plus two with crosshairs/reticules. And there I think I'll stop.