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Hi all,

With Christmas coming up I've got the opportunity to get a couple of bits for my relatively new scope. I have a Nextar Evo 8 with a 40mm eye piece and 18mm eye piece. I no longer have the 13mm....this is a painful story which I won't go into now!

Can anyone recommend any eyepieces? I'm thinking of a 10/11mm and maybe one with a cross hair to help me with my alignment.

Thanks all!

Firoze

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Hi all,

Thanks for taking time to reply!

Nick-In-Ireland unfortunately the story isn't that interesting but here goes! I tend to go out into the Abu Dhabi desert camping with my scope. This one night, I'd got everything setup but the moon wasn't going to set until 3am, so I went to sleep around 11pm. My eye pieces were all laid out in their cases as you don't come across anyone out there at all. Anyway, I woke up at 3am and found that my 13mm was gone. Everything else was as it was except for that one! It's a mystery that will stay with me!!

With regard to the price, I guess around £100-150 would be ok but more than that may fail budget approval from the wife!

Chris - yes mainly planetary for this one. I tend to use my 18mm for DSOs such as globular clusters but keen to get any tips.

MarsG76 - thanks for the advice, I'll check these out!

Thanks again guys, much appreciated.

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Some day I'll tell you how I got my 13mm EP - I was crawling round the desert dying of thirst when all of a sudden.... Seriously, what a bizarre mystery!

I have two of the older model X-Cels (25 and 18) which I bought secondhand and old-stock discount. For the price I paid, I'm more than happy.

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For planetary views with excellent contrast, you might consider an old standard among us planetary lovers: Orthoscopics. These are a very simple design by today's standards. A total of four lens-elements. Which provide very sharp, highly detailed views. And they are less expensive than others like TeleVue Naglers or X-Cels - which should please your missus. :p

The downside of orthoscopics is they have quite little eye-relief. If you must wear eyeglasses for viewing, this can be a problem to consider. Otherwise you may find the lens grabbing an eyelash with the shortest ones - like 6mm and 10mm, etc. They also have a smaller field-of-view than many are used to - say 45° or so. But for close-up views of planets and the Moon, this shouldn't be a problem. Here are some examples:

http://www.firstlightoptics.com/japanese-made-eyepieces/hutech-orthoscopic-eyepiece.html

Hope this helps,

Dave

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I'm seriously considering getting this 10mm. It gets good reviews on here and on other forums. My reasons are, good glass, for price point. Decent FOV and twist up eyecup.

http://www.firstlightoptics.com/vixen-eyepieces/vixen-slv-eyepieces.html

The other eyepiece I've looked through is this, http://www.firstlightoptics.com/explore-scientific-eyepieces/explore-scientific-82-degree-series-eyepieces.html.

It has a huge FOV, which is great for me as I'm not tracking. Good glass and price point.

Regards,

Chris

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Regarding Ortho's, these are in my opinion, specialist eyepieces that given the right conditions and tracking are just superb.

They are a bit like marmite, some like them some don't get on so well with the eye relief.

The Baader classics are a bargain.

Regards,

Chris

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Regarding Ortho's, these are in my opinion, specialist eyepieces that given the right conditions and tracking are just superb.

They are a bit like marmite, some like them some don't get on so well with the eye relief.

The Baader classics are a bargain.

Regards,

Chris

Cheers Chris, amazing how much choice there is out there!

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