If you could have only 2 eyepieces...

[Jen]

So far i have only ever used 2 eyepieces the 10mm and the 25mm

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Meade 4000 14mm and a 30 mmUW and the third 7mm ortho Better to have 3 High / Medium / Low power .....cheers kev.

[Fox]

Ha! this is an easy one. For my TV Genesis f/5, it would be the Pentax XW 7mm and the TV Ethos 13mm. If my circumstances allowed, I think I would trade my 13mm LVW and 27mm Pano for the Ethos. Fox!

[skies2clear]

If I only had 2 eyepieces.......................... .....

I would have to sell about 30 !!!!!!!!


Clear skies

BTW, it would be 3 eyepices, Pentax XW's 7, 10 and 30

[StarLane]

It would have to be my 30XW and 10XW???????..... or, 17LVW and 10XW?????...... or, 24Pan and 10XW, duno, this is too difficult to decide on just two, three would be a whole lot easier, ideally, 30XW and 17LVW and 10XW, but then I leave out the 24Pan, I give up..............

[Miaplacidus (Brian)]

Well, I find it gratifying that at least some people find the dilemma as vexing as I do. Are we all eyepiece addicts? (Maybe the next question should be: "If you could have only one telescope...")

[Jen]

Originally Posted by Miaplacidus

Well, I find it gratifying that at least some people find the dilemma as vexing as I do. Are we all eyepiece addicts? (Maybe the next question should be: "If you could have only one telescope...")

[Quark (Trevor)]

Hi All,
Although I have a fair range of eyepieces most of my observing is done with only two.

My absolute all time favorite is my Meade 4000 series 14 mm UWA, I do about 80% of my observing with this eyepiece.

For low power wide field stunning panoramas I use my 31 mm Nagler.

I think the size and type of telescope will play a major role in these selections.

Since the majority of my observing is deep sky, then I could survive quite happily with theses two eyepieces.

Regards
Trevor

[Stephen65]

Depends on the telescope's FL but would probably be one of these pairs:

7XW + 13 Ethos

10XW + 30XW

[PeteMo (Pete)]

LOL as I'm actually going through a minimalistic purge of my current eyepiece collection to use just 2 excelent quality eyepeices.

My current average eyepeice usage per viewing night is Radian 6mm 15%, T6 Nagler 13mm 70% and Kasia Konig 15%. As the T6 13mm Nagler is my main eyepiece, I just need one more eyepiece to compliment it. I loved MikeyB's 24mm Panoptic, also like the 27mm Panoptic. I can reaslistically afford a Nagler T4 22mm as it covers a similar True Field of View as the 27mm Panoptic.

Agree with others that your choice will depend upon setup.

My realistic lineup would be: Nagler T6 13mm, Nagler T4 22mm

However I would be equally happy with a 24mm Panoptic or 27mm Panoptic.

ULTIMATE setup assuming money no object:
1 Eyepiece: Ethos 13mm

2 Eyepieces: Ethos 13mm, Naglar T4 22mm

3 Eyepieces: Ethos 8mm, Ethos 13mm, Nagler T4 22mm

[Ric]

Probably a pair of Meade UW eyepieces would do me fine. I have the 26 & 18mm, I'm happy with these two but maybe a 9mm for galaxies would be nice as well.

cheers

[Alchemy (Clive)]

only have 1 decent eyepiece, a 24mm panoptic ...... it frames the same as my camera so i use it occasionally for framing.

[§AB]

If I could only have 2...... probably my 17 and 8mm LVWs

[allan gould]

If only 2 eyepieces it would have to be 8mm and 22mm LVWs

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

Both of 'em would have to be 24 mm Panoptics ( on my wish list ).
I would need two for the bino-viewers.

Geoffro.