What is your favorite eyepiece?

[iceman (Mike)]

astromart is US-based, and not all folk there will send outside the US.. so if you're interested in something, the first thing to do is contact them to ask if they'll send to Australia.. and make sure you ask them to send via USPS.

My new Meade UWA14mm is my fav eyepiece.. wide, crisp views.. pity it's so darn heavy though!

[Striker (Tony)]

Or you can always contact Striker.....He always has some thing for sale and can save you money on a new eyepiece.....lol

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

Haven't had a chance to check in on things for a few days as I am in Japan...dinner ended early tonight so I got my first chance to read up a bit...

Thanks all for your thoughts...the big Nag sounds like a winner and I hope to look through one some time but, on my scope I think it'd be a bit much...

I'm a thinking the 24 Pan and the 7 MM Nag T6 are the things for me

By the way, dialing in via Tokyo at 28.8 (long story) is sure a bit slower than cable in Sydney!!!

[robin]

For globs, my 17mm nagler.Planets,9mm nagler or 6mm radian.Sweeping panoramas-the 35mm panoptic

[bytor666]

NOW This is the ultimate eyepiece that anyone could EVER own !!!!....crisp & flat from edge to edge , even in an f/4 scope !!!
http://www.astronomics.com/main/Pent...oduct_id/PXW07


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Mark
12" gso scope
Pentax 7mm XW on the way !!!

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Im sure you'll love it bytor !

I'm liking my newish Pentax 10mm XW, it has cool crisp smooth views. Planets and dso's look awesome through my 8" newt. Certainly a mark up from the U/O HD's. The Pentax shows another level of detail and are a real comfort to use. It has a lovely flat field, with the off axis image as good as on axis.

It seems a 31mm t5 nagler is the dream of most, so I'll have one of them too ...right after I get a few more XW's

regards

[iceman (Mike)]

I tried John Bambury's Pentax XW's out at the last mini star party, and they are indeed a magnificent eyepiece.. the 7mm was just wonderful on the planets.

[atalas]

I second that ,Johns Pentax eyepieces are now my favorite !

Louie

[Adrian-H]

possl 15mm 1.25, possl 26mm 2", simple combination, but effective, that pentax looks nice, i still have as of yet to get myself a eyepeice like that, but eather way im not ready too yet, i am happy with my possl's as of now.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Ok who resurrected the year old thread...

13mm Nagler.

[RapidEye]

I'm really diggin' my Pentax 7mm XW lately - awesome on Saturn in my 10" Dob!!!

[ving (David)]

my nagler 16mm t2

[matt]

I didn't know you were a card-carrying member of the Nagler Club, Ving?

Whatever they're paying you, it's not enough!

[ving (David)]

its just wishful thinking i am afraid matt

7.5mm celestron ultima or tv plossl 10.5mm

[danielsun]

Definately my 22mm LVW Vixen!!!!

[matt]

Hey danielsun

Tell me a little about the 22mm LVW. Am seriously considering one of these as my next purchase... sometime down the track.

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Matt, the 22mm LVW is brilliant. In f5 and f6, sharper near the edge than a 19mm Panoptic. Even Stu who is a big Pano fan agreed when we were comparing EPs at the recent Snake Valley camp. The Pano might be sharper on axis, but given the difference in magnification, it's hard to say. I used to own the 21mm Stratus (LVW clone) and the original 22mm is a lot better at f6. (OTOH I found the 8mm LVW very similar to the 8mm Stratus on after a quick look.)

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by janoskiss

Matt, the 22mm LVW is brilliant. In f5 and f6, sharper near the edge than a 19mm Panoptic.

I would love to compare it to the 24mm panoptic.
My other eyepieces are Pentax XL with generous eye relief and the 22mm LVW has similar characteristics re eye relief and fov. The 24mm panoptic is the odd one out in my eyepiece set with its comparitively short eye relief.

[gaa_ian (Ian)]

My UO 40mm Konig, for those widefield Galaxy hunting nights !