More DeLites from Tele Vue

[MortonH]

Tele Vue has announced three more DeLites in 15mm, 9mm and 5mm.

Available late spring (Northern hemisphere).

[Allan]

Which ones do you have your eye on?

[MortonH]

Might consider the 15mm as it would be good for general deep sky in my Newt and fill my 7mm gap with a Barlow.

I currently have the 11mm and it's really nice (and I haven't even taken it to a dark site yet).

[ariefm71 (Arief)]

Might be getting the 15mm as well. It will give me 175x in my CN212 with a little bit of extra FOV compared to my current Vixen 15mm NLV.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Wot no 3mm?

[MortonH]

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Wot no 3mm?

Not yet.

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

These focal ranges.... so close to the Delos line. Televue are looking at their feet and going "Ill shoot myself in THAT one!"
I suppose the $150AU price difference might tempt someone to buy when they were previously priced out of the market with the Delos line.

[MortonH]

Originally Posted by AG Hybrid

These focal ranges.... so close to the Delos line. Televue are looking at their feet and going "Ill shoot myself in THAT one!"
I suppose the $150AU price difference might tempt someone to buy when they were previously priced out of the market with the Delos line.

I think these eyepieces are a niche product for Tele Vue. They won't appeal to some people because 62° AFOV seems narrow by today's standards. But they may appeal to (in no particular order):

1. Binoviewer observers
2. Owners of small scopes where a Delos/Ethos would be too heavy
3. People who can't afford a Delos/Ethos
4. Planetary observers
5. The army of existing Tele Vue owners who just can't resist the latest model

I think this is why they're bring them out slowly, to see how popular they are. Although clearly a lot of people on CN want to see something below 5mm for planetary use.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Was pretty impressed with the 11 in my little apo who'd have thought I'd actually look through it