First Light 13mm Ethos

[barx1963 (Malcolm)]

First light for the new beastie that arrived today. After a cloudy day the skies finally cleared properly about 11pm so I managed half an hour to give it a quick rundown. I already have a 10 and 17 Ethos and this is a replacement for my old 13T6 Nag.
As with all the Ethos line this is a nice solid EP. It feels surprisingly light in the hand, I guess after seeing how big the Ethoi are, you expect a really heavyweight but it presents no problems with the scope balance.
Knocked over a few favs, NGC 253, 47 Tuc and NGC 2070. 2070 was easily the most impressive. Lots of detail easily seen at 115x and the big field allowed lots of other objects to be seen. Stars were appearing sharp pretty well across the entire field. Focus is a little touchy, possibly a little more finicky than the 13T6 Nag. When I have that back in my hand I will do a comparison.
All around I am impressed. I know the 13E has been around a fair while now as it was the first Ethos released, but if you haven't had a chance to look through one, hunt one down at your next star party and have a look.

Malcolm

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

Glad yo are enjoying the Ethoi...they are fun indeed!

[GrahamL]

Its a great eyepiece alright , I've owned a 13 t6 and 14 xw prior to getting the 13 e , that ultra wide field really does so many objects a lot of justice imo , not that theres anything wrong with the other two just the view is very differant I find ..

[Don Pensack]

Next time out, look at the color rendition of stars and on Jupiter. I found that colors came through better than in the 13mm T6 Nagler. No difference in sharpness was seen, though.

[crazyqban67 (Sergio)]

I love all of my Ethos (4.7SX, 6, 8, 13, 17, 21) but the 13mm is the one that gets used the most in my 16" F4 Dob. On the other hand, i also like the 13T6 and I have a pair that I use for binoviewing. I would use a apir of 13mm Ethos for binoviewing but my facial features don't make binoviewing with large eyepieces very comfortable.