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Old 21-07-2020, 06:55 AM
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Mine is a Vixen SLV and thinking of purchasing some Vixen zoom too, been pretty good with those so far!
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Old 22-07-2020, 02:29 PM
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Mine was all TV once.
But who can justify $1300- for an EP?
So I sold all my Ethoi, Deloi, Radians and Naglers
Now I am happy with the Luminos range while adding
the Meade MWA eyepieces. You can get 4 of these for 1 TV.
Even though the TV has better image quality its not 4X better
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Old 22-07-2020, 04:22 PM
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I am pretty much set for eyepieces now, after testing Ethos/Nagler/XW/Radian/etc etc....

I now have the Delos lineup for monoviewing and for binoviewing I have pairs of XF8.5/Pan24/LOA21/LE5, 7.5, 18 & 30....

The Delos are all converted to 2" using Blue Fireball adapters which allow them to be set parfocal.....

Just one low power to get......... maybe another APM 30UFF or Pano27
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Old 20-10-2020, 07:00 PM
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That is a beautiful set of eyepieces Matt

Must have taken a while to collect them all.
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Old 21-10-2020, 03:52 PM
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That is a beautiful set of eyepieces Matt

Must have taken a while to collect them all.
Thanks, I'm set now, and have picked up a Panoptic 27mm....
my wife has taken my credit cards from my wallet so no more astro purchases for me...
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Old 24-10-2020, 09:28 AM
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so no more astro purchases for me...

.... your talking to us Matt , not some bloke on a street corner ...

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Old 23-12-2020, 07:27 PM
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Thanks, I'm set now, and have picked up a Panoptic 27mm....
my wife has taken my credit cards from my wallet so no more astro purchases for me...
As my wife just said to me tonight as I was trying to justify another scope purchase after saying no more astro purchases for me ... I have heard that one before (too many eyepiece purchases as well for me!)
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Old 26-04-2021, 09:53 AM
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Here's a photo of my workhorse dob set, out in the field (i.e. at work). They come out often, and they deliver.
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Old 28-04-2021, 06:20 AM
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APM 12.5 HiFW, 9 amd 20mm XWA, 30mm UFF
Baader Morpheus 9, 12.5, 2 x 17.5
TV Naglers 3.5 T6, 9 T1, 16 T5
TV 18.2 Delite, 15 and 32 Plossl
Pentax XW 7, 10mm
Masuyama 85 degree 10mm
Edmunds Optics RKE 8, 15,28.
UO 12.5mm
Fujiyama 18, 25
TMB Planetary 11, 3.5,5,7.5, 9mm
Several Meade plossls, 14mm UWA
SvBony 8-24 zoom and another unbranded similar zoom.
Dual ED 15, 25mm
Bino
Tak 1.6Q extender, Bintel 2 inch quartz diagonal
Bintel 2X ED barlow, APM 2X ED barlow, Baader Q extender barlow

The core eyepieces that get used first are the APM 20XWA, Morpheus 17.5 and APM Hi FW 12.5. I find the Morpheus range slightly better than their Nagler counterparts due to comfort of view and pretty much matching or very slightly better sharpness/contrast and less susceptible to blackouts. Also 17.5mm matches my AP130 very well. But of course, Naglers are terrific eyepieces. Those 2 Pentax eyepieces are pretty perfect as well. Slightly touchy to eye placement is my only criticism.

I wouldn't mind adding Masuyama 16mm, 26mm but I would be better off getting a 12inch dob. A 22T4 Nagler would be nice as well. One of my memorable year ago eyepieces.

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Old 15-05-2022, 01:24 PM
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My Current 1.25 EP's

These are excellent Eyepieces .....

Col...
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Old 25-05-2022, 06:54 PM
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Nice Col
I like the 5 element eyepieces as well
How do the Parks eyepieces go compared to the orthos?
The only Parks I have is the 10mm, and a barlow
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Old 25-05-2022, 07:53 PM
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Nice Col
I like the 5 element eyepieces as well
How do the Parks eyepieces go compared to the orthos?
The only Parks I have is the 10mm, and a barlow
I like them all ....the ortho's have a narrow fov ...but are very pleasing / sharp to view with, great eye relief also.


Hard to find, as are the Parks / Ultimas / Orion UltraScopic's and Vixen LV's.


If you have a chance to get any.....buy them....just my humble opinion .


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Old 25-05-2022, 09:33 PM
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I like them all ....the ortho's have a narrow fov ...but are very pleasing / sharp to view with, great eye relief also.

Hard to find, as are the Parks / Ultimas / Orion UltraScopic's and Vixen LV's.

If you have a chance to get any.....buy them....just my humble opinion .


Col
I agree with Col. I'm looking for a few of the 5-element models myself. I particularly like the Ultimas because of the black & orange colour scheme but they're all good.
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Old 14-10-2022, 02:16 PM
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Here's my current collection. Still missing a 20mm Japanese Meade Super Plossl.
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My Best Eyepieces

Current lovelies that I keep ....but the University 25mm / 18mm I hardly use..!!

Col....
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Old 06-06-2023, 06:38 AM
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Nice eclectic collection you have there Col. I have also curtailed my astronomy equipment acquisitions. I replaced my full lineup of Delos eyepieces with the Leica ASPH zoom & Leica Extender. Still have my Outreach set of Nagler and bino-pairs of LEs.
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Old 06-06-2023, 10:27 AM
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Nice eclectic collection you have there Col. I have also curtailed my astronomy equipment acquisitions. I replaced my full lineup of Delos eyepieces with the Leica ASPH zoom & Leica Extender. Still have my Outreach set of Nagler and bino-pairs of LEs.
Hi Matt. I told my wife I want to "curtail" my collection just to what Matt's got. She said I'll get back to you on that. I get the impression she's not going to
Cheers, Richard
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Old 06-06-2023, 11:33 AM
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hi matt. I told my wife i want to "curtail" my collection just to what matt's got. She said i'll get back to you on that. I get the impression she's not going to
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Old 28-06-2023, 10:08 AM
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Baader Morpheus and several APM eyepieces do the trick for me.

I find the Baader Morpheus 14.5 and the APM Hi FW 12.5mm are hard to beat and suit my AP130 nicely. 9 and 20mm 100 degree APMs top it off.

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Surely this has been asked many times but what are everyone's "go to" eye pieces for planetary observations? i.e. if you had to do it again what would you not buy or buy differently or sooner?
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