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Old 21-08-2005, 04:32 PM
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For Sale: Vixen 5mm LVW 65° wide-field - new price

I dont use this any more as a have a 5mm Nagler.

This is a Vixen-designed wide-field eyepiece that uses low-dispersion Lanthanum glass.

Eyeball-filling, 65° wide-field version of the LV design
8-elements in 5-groups
extra-long 20mm eye-relief allows comfortable observation - even with glasses - and is prized for eyepiece projection imaging.
excellent field of view, virtually eliminating ghosting and flare
Fold-down rubber eyeguards
Fully Multi-Coated
Apparent Field - 65 Degrees
Eye Relief - 20mm
1.25 and 2 Inch format
Weight 16.4 oz. In excellent condition.

Price: $250 including shipping in Australia

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Chris Venter
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Old 01-09-2005, 09:22 AM
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Hi. How does it compare to the Nagler?

Bintel has the new model VI for $459 and as a comparison, I suppose, astronomy online has this EP for $400. Is there much of a difference? Why do you prefer the Nagler?

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Old 01-09-2005, 09:33 AM
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hi mike, and welcome to the forum!
why are you so obscure?
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Old 01-09-2005, 05:52 PM
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Mike,

I would love to tell you, the difference is marginal etc.. but the truthfull answer is that I dont have a clue. I have never compared them side by side. I dont spend much time looking through eyepcieces these days. A mate of mine was selling his 5mm Nagler for a good price so I bought it off him figuring the nagler was the best. Since that day I have not looked through the Vixen LVW or bothered comparing them. I was not unhappy with it when I used it before the nagler.

Several members of ASV have the same Vixem 5mm LVW and use it to bag really really faint stuff from our dark sy site. They swear by it. Maybe others here who have looked through both can comment.

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Old 01-09-2005, 09:53 PM
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Mike,

The Vixen LVW are an excellent eyepiece. I am actually looking for a 5mm eyepiece myself but already owning 4 Pentax XW's I plan to buy the 5mm Pentax XW to be consistent. If I didn't own the Pentax XW's I would be buying that in a heartbeat. Thats a great price on a great eyepiece. Optically I would rate it 2% to 5% behind the Nagler T6, the upside is it has longer eye relief and is 1/2 the price.

Can't go wrong there.

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Old 02-09-2005, 08:41 AM
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Cventer/Ausastronomer: Thanks for the info. I understand the temptation to own a Nagler and the temptation to complete EP sets as much as the next guy. Guilty on both counts there. If the cloud ever clears here I'll take an observing session or two to think on this; that being my astronomical equivalent of sleeping on a decision.

Ving: Hi, and thank you. About the obscurity, I'd tell you, but that would hardly be obscure, would it?

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Old 05-09-2005, 11:24 AM
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Ok Guys,
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Last chance to buy this puppy before it heads over to astromart where it will most likely end up in the hands of a foreigner. I will post it on astromart on Wednesday so you have till then to get back to me.

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Old 05-09-2005, 06:25 PM
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I'm out. I'm going to go for the longer term, and get a longer focal length scope eventually, rather than a shorter f.l. eyepiece. Good luck with the sale though.


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Old 05-09-2005, 11:32 PM
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Hi Chris, I have had a thought about it over the last couple of days and will pass this time, best of luck with the sale .astroron
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