Eyepieces for LB12"

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by ausastronomer

I just don't look at DSO's with so many different ranges of medium/low power. I think you need more options at the high power end, not the low power end. I have a 27mm TV Panoptic and 20mm, 14mm, 10mm and 7mm Pentax XW's and I just never use the 20mm Pentax XW. Invariably, when observing DSO's, I jump from the 27mm TV Panoptic to sometimes the 14mm Pentax XW, but most often the 10mm Pentax XW.

For long time I was content with a 27 pan, 14 and 10.5XL's and a barlow and I still reckon I covered all bases pretty well. I would certainly agree with what John has said there.

I now have a 31 nagler and it rarely gets used because of large exit pupil size and also the fact that its a huge heavy thing to be swapping back and forth from.
I beleive the UWAN is also quite big and heavy and may also come with some ergonomic issues due to its physical design.

I miss my 27mm panoptic for the reasons that its small and light enough comparitively speaking to not be an effort to swap out, and giving awesome comfortable views even in semi light poluted places.

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Sorry, I'm a little out of sync with the rest of you guys. I should hit refresh before replying in a stale tab.

Originally Posted by ausastronomer

Well I think Steve's list is close, but no cigar . I really think he has one too many mid range eyepieces in there. I just don't look at DSO's with so many different ranges of medium/low power.

I guess I am still used to using the mid-low power 19mm Panoptic between the 13 & 30mm, because the 30mm Superview is just not that nice to look through. (But it has been retired recently in favour of a 27mm Pano )