How many eyepieces do you own?

h0ughy (David) · #1 10-01-2006, 08:57 AM

i was musing through some items getting ready for Lostock IISAC06 when it dawned on me. I have too many eyepieces!!! so you say how many is too many??? I have two eyes, and observe with my only good eye, so therefore 1. Now I like some different magnifications so now I will have a few choices, for me i finally decided on a 34mm 2", a 32mm 2", a 30mm 2", a 24mm 2", a 20mm 2", a 17mm 2" and a 9mm 2". So now what will I do with all the others I have left??? I have in total 14 eyepieces and 2 barlows

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please note i only have 3 naglers (donations of more gladly accepted, even a Ken telepoo 80

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So my question to you is how many do you have?

Astroman (Andrew Wall) · #2 10-01-2006, 09:02 AM

I have 6, I bought them as a package deal from T&A for $180

All Plossls, a 4mm, 6.5mm, 12.5mm, 20mm, 25mm and 40mm

Wouldn't it be nice if I could swap them all for naglers or panoptics or Radians.

iceman (Mike) · #3 10-01-2006, 09:07 AM

5 at the moment..

1 premium (14mm Meade UWA s4000) and 4 GSO plossls. Hoping to include some premium planetaries (maybe orthos) after some careful consideration (and viewing with them) at Lostock.

Oh and 2 barlows (3x Antares and 5x powermate). I offloaded 2 other barlows (2x and 2.4x to Mr DP).

#4 10-01-2006, 09:14 AM

I have 13, 3 premiums, 4 middle of the road, 1 GSO, and 5 egg cups (because they function better in that job) and two barlows x2 & x3

regards,CS

h0ughy (David) · #5 10-01-2006, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xrekcor

I have 13, 3 premiums, 4 middle of the road, 1 GSO, and 5 egg cups (because they function better in that job) and two barlows x2 & x3

regards,CS

did you vote Rob? don't see a 13 up there????

#6 10-01-2006, 09:27 AM

oooop's sorry dewd I went to the last post and didn't scroll up :=\

regards,CS

Astroman (Andrew Wall) · #7 10-01-2006, 10:42 AM

lol

Dave47tuc (David) · #8 10-01-2006, 10:48 AM

I have 7 at the moment. But hope to finish off the set of UO Ortho's by end of year which will bring it upto 11

wavelandscott (Scott) · #9 10-01-2006, 12:39 PM

I have 7...the 3 GSO Plossls that came with the scope and...4 others (24 Pan, 16 mm T5 Nag, 11 mm T6 Nag, and a 7 mm Pentax XW)...and a 2.5 Powermate...

Should keep me busy for a while...

Starkler (Geoff) · #10 10-01-2006, 12:41 PM

I have nine, of which only four get much use. Four of the nine are series500 plossls.

iceman (Mike) · #11 10-01-2006, 12:42 PM

Are they the 4 that get the use, Geoff?

ving (David) · #12 10-01-2006, 12:46 PM

a stack of them.... most high power

6.5 s500
7.5 ultima
9 GSO plosl
10.5 TV plossl
15 GSO SV
25 GSO plossl
30 GSO SV

i recently gave away a 15mm s500 and a 32mm celestron plossl...

mickoking · #13 10-01-2006, 03:48 PM

G,day

I am in the 14 club, 8 of them are my regulars (in a case) the list is as follows;

Regular use.
1 Meade super plossl 32mm
2 Panoptic 27mm
3 Vixen LV 25mm
4 GSO superview 20mm
5 Meade plossl 16mm
6 Nagler 13mm
7 Meade super plossl 9.7mm
8 Celestron plossl 7.5mm
Stuck in the draw.
9 GSO plossl 25mm
10 Meade MA 25mm
11 Celestron plossl 20mm
12 Series 500 plossl 15mm
13 GSO plossl 9mm
14 Series 500 plossl 6.5mm

Striker (Tony) · #14 10-01-2006, 04:29 PM

So many how many questions...just dont ask how many love childs I have in the country...lol

toetoe (Peter) · #15 10-01-2006, 05:34 PM

One good 20mm GSO and 5 others which only just do the job.

Robert_T · #16 10-01-2006, 06:14 PM

tough one, there's way more stuck in old drawers and bottom of the cupboard than I actually use - of those theres about 6 regulars...

i like eyepieces, they're nice and shiny

Stu · #17 10-01-2006, 06:22 PM

3 TV Panoptics, 1 TV Radian
rest at garbage tip or given away. would like a pentax...eventually...

acropolite (Phil) · #18 10-01-2006, 07:52 PM

Frankly, I'm embarrassed; I've only got 2, a series4000 26mm plossl and s5000 14mm plossl.

shredder · #19 10-01-2006, 08:13 PM

No Need to be embarrased, I also started with two, the two that came with my scope, both Celestrons MAs a 10 and a 20 from memory and for my money they were the best I had for a long long time, far better than many of the other name brand plossls that I got later. Cant say why they just were well suited to the scope and for some reason seemed to be made just right (statistically some must come out right). The Mead Plossls have a very good reputation, and nothing to be ashamed of.

But now I must say I have a collection of about 13, and only use the Mead 4000 SWA's and UWA's now. The others are just collecting dust, not worth selling and cant seem to find any real use for them. Though I did cut one up just to see how it worked (so to speak) as it didn't.

Rodstar (Rod) · #20 10-01-2006, 08:26 PM

I have 4:
1. 30mm GSO SV
2. 26mm MEade 4000 Plossl
3. 22mm Panoptic
4. 17mm Orion Stratus (well, coming very soon!)
.......and a crappy Barlow

My Ultimate Plan?
1. 41 Panoptic
2. 27 Panoptic
3. 22 Panoptic
4. 16 Nagler
5. 13 Nagler (yes, I just sold it.....but she will come back to me when I have more $$)
6. 11 Nagler
.....and a top of the range Barlow