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Hmmm...What to buy next?

Dom1961

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alro

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Hello dom, if your happy with bst what about the 25mm. It should be an imorovement on your stock 25.

with a x2 barlow that would give you 4mm 8mm 7.5mm 12.5mm 15mm 25mm with your starguiders,

I can recommend a uhc filter, although i have oiii , it is still not battle tested but im looking forward to using it, especially after some reviews from guys who have used these.

al

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Dom1961

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is money burning a hole in your pocket :smiley: just use the money for fuel and head somewere realy dark, better than any ep

I wish I could, but I can't drive yet:( Can't wait till I'm 17!!

What about another BST and a UHC filter is that within budget?

Alan

Unfortunately no, I'll have to buy one then the other.

Hello dom, if your happy with bst what about the 25mm. It should be an imorovement on your stock 25.

with a x2 barlow that would give you 4mm 8mm 7.5mm 12.5mm 15mm 25mm with your starguiders,

I can recommend a uhc filter, although i have oiii , it is still not battle tested but im looking forward to using it, especially after some reviews from guys who have used these.

al

Unfortunately I don't have a barlow, when I was talking to Alan at STL he said a 25 wouldnt be too much of an improvement over stock??

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I would use the eyepieces that you already have and get the best out of them. 

With time you might realise by yourself what you need to add. 

Having an OIII filter can be nice, as long as you are interested in nebulae. Many people prefer viewing nebulae without filter and you might be one of them. My suggestion is to try to see nebulae without filter and then read read read about the subject. 

Piero

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I would say collect the remainder of the BST's.

That way you have a set that will perform in all situations, then get either a filter or a bit more of a specialist wide eyepiece.

Having the BST's means you the eyepieces that you are likely to use the vast majority of the time.

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Dom fella, you are one chatty guy ain't ya.

Just noticed you average 4.5 posts a DAY.

Agree with posts above, UHC / OIII or finish a collection of BST's. Although, that 28mm maxvision suggested by Chris Lock won't be a regrettable purchase.

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Charic

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Just wondering what to buy next. Options are:

UHC Filter

OIII Filter

More BSTs

maxvision eyepiece

panaview

Any opinions? Or any other ideas? Trying to stick to <£80

I enjoy the fact that having several EP's allows me the freedom to frame the object I'm looking at  to get the best view during that session.

The Panaview is a fine and mighty EP, but not used as often as my other EPs  due to my street light, illuminated observatory? I bought the Panaview because I felt I needed something bigger to see M31 from Darker skies.  Under the right conditions, its a cracking wide-field EP.

I have read some  theory and  'Rules-of-thumb'  in choosing a 6mm EP to match the ratio and power of the 200mm Skyliner! My WO 6mm is dedicated to one task, the Moon? but a 12mm BST would offer  the same result if 2x Barlowed, and is also a nice EP at 12mm, a 'sweet-spot' if you believe the theory! Thats one of my suggestions, and I've not tried any OIII or UHC filters so can't advise on those!

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What kind of objects would I use the maxvision? for? Or would it just be a finder?

The MV28 was always the first EP in my 200p for finding objects, the quality of the optics and the comfort of the EP made just surfing star field a joy. Open clusters, double cluster, small galaxy groups like M81/82, extended objects like m31, also great for glob hunting. At the time, once I'd tracked down an object and enjoyed it in the MV28 I would swich to the ES82 11 or 14mm for a closer look and for a darker sky background :) 

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Go for the maxi you will find it will get a lot more use than a filter in fact every session it it my most used ep and being 2inch you will enjoy those wide field views nice contrast and pin sharp,as yet I only have a moon filter and have only used it once.

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John

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Dom, f1 telescopes have mv 24mm in stock that is 1.25. I could be wrong but i think 28mm is 2 inch. Not sure if you have everything you need for 2 inch

al

The 28mm is a 2" - it has to be to fit the diameter of the field stop into the barrel. 24mm is as long a focal length as you can get with a 68 degree field of view in the 1.25" fitting.

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