Best budget eyepiece set.

[mr bruess]

Originally Posted by shenanigans000

I ended up ordering the Agena 66 degree set - 6, 9, 15, 20mm, all 1.25" barrels.

I believe these will get me going and give me a taste of reasonably wide field views.

Once I've gotten a feel for what suites me I'll look at the GSO 2" Superview models - perhaps 32mm or 40mm. Although these are "only" 60 degree FOV's - might end up looking for something wider.

I'll post once I get the Agena's and let you'se know how they go.

It will be interesting to see how these eyepieces go

[MattT]

I have the Agena SWA 10 15 and 20mm set for my refractor. I liked em so much I doubled them up for Bino use. At f8 they are pretty much perfect to 90% out and in the bino's which is what I got them for are clean all the way to the edge, when used with the 1.6X OCA. At US $125 for the three or $250 for the six, in my case, they are excellent value, at the time I got them the exchange rate was in the Aussie favor! GSO Superviews are also good as bino pairs but I had trouble with ghosting in the 15mm in the bino's which the AA 15 doesn't suffer from... I think Andrews sell the same ones at $79 each, at last look. The only minus is tight eye relief in the 10mm, much like ER in a plossl.
Matt

[shenanigans000 (Greg)]

Well the EP's arrived and I used them last night.

The build quality seems very good.

Contrast is much better than my old unbranded Plossl's.

FOV, at 66 degrees is really good.

About the only thing I don't like about them is they do suffer (in my SW 12" Dob) of "kidney beaning" towards the edge of the field, but it's not too noticable, particularly on DSO's.

I do feel the need to add to the set a Powermate / Barlow for higher magnification on planets, and a lower power, perhaps 30mm or so, for some super wide and bright deep space views.

But overall I'm really happy with the Agena's and would recommend them to anyone looking for a budget eyepiece.

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

Hi Greg these eps are basically the same ad the Orion expanse at Bintel. VERY good atF6
and above.
The agena swa 10,15, 20mm are bosma konus made and sold at Andrews. ALL are excellent esp at F/5 and above.

I have the 20mm bosma and it holds up against nearly anything optically at slow focal lengths, including my 17.3 delos.

Enjoy !