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I thought as much thanks for the info. 👍🏻

This site looks fake, I can't find it on trustpilot. I got my APM 9mm for £250 from: https://www.astroshop.eu/eyepieces/apm-eyepiece-xwa-hdc-20mm-100d-2-/p,56996 Can you let me know if you ordered from the site you mentioned and if its legit? As seems to good to be true but fantastic if it did work out for you.p This site looked fake to me, couldn't find any review on trustpilot. Can you let me know if you got it ok please? Fantastic price if you did. 👍🏻

It's Astronomy Tools link above but I believe it uses Cartes du Ciel.

I'm sure most if not all of you know about this already but as a newcomer I found this to be fantastic and would say a brilliant tool for someone starting out as a rough guide of what to expect from different sized eyepieces. Link: http://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/ 2x pics to show the Baader 17.5mm

Great minds 😁 thank you as that isn't quite as pricey as I thought they were, I now just have to look more into how they work, I'm assuming they are far better to do photo and video with so certainly something else to think about. Like you I'll have to purchase in steps which is why I picked up my Dob second hand for £175 just needed a clean and gave me a little change to use on a decent eyepiece.

So it's actually a thing! and I escape being astronomically slapped 🥳 I'm not gonna lie @John I'm slightly impressed 🤣 that's a serious bit of kit! Is counter weight strip etc. available to buy or something you have built? Looks good. 👍🏻

Yes agree might be quite alot of weight with both attached, here is a question that will possibly REALLY expose how much of a newbie I am 😄 but my thought was to buy a substantial sized magnet and of course depending where you positioned it at the opposite end it would balance the scope in what I thought would be a time and effort efficient solution? Is this when someone slaps the back of my head and says are you crazy! 🤣

@Mr Spock I litterally just read you asking that same question in another post 😆 I would love one however I not only wouldn't be sure which one would work best for my set up but think a little pricey for me at the moment but definitely a valuable option.

Aim is to eventually view most things but sooner rather than later I would like to view and photograph the Moon, Saturn and Jupiter just using Smartphone with attatchment. Very aware I can't get great photographs this way but want to get my little one to enjoy it too. I understand the 100 fov might sound like overkill but my logic behind that is the need to move the scope less. I was advised as im in the UK we only have very few nights of the year that something like a 6.5mm would give any real use and generally we benefit more at the 10mm and above mark year around due to our conditions, so figured the APM 13mm was a good option as could barlow to 6.5 on the few occasions that I would get rather than spent alot on dedicated 6.5mm option. Only have a Moon filter at the moment but will look into filters further. As I'm in London not sky isn't that great however I am planning to go out of London to to achieve much better views. I genuinely don't have the knowledge in knowing how these particular 2 ie 13mm and 17.5mm would work for me (with barlow or FE included) but theory was to try and spread the range so for example having those 2 then adding a 25mm and a 2" 32mm. I'm very aware that this might also seem like trying to run before you can walk but I guess I'm trying to buy once rather than less quality then wanting to upgrade making it far more expensive in the long run. I hope all that makes sense and massively appreciate all the help from you guys as I'm a complete novice.

Thanks guys. I'm very close to purchasing 1st eyepiece and the 2 I have narrowed it down to 2 which are: 1 APM XWA 13mm 100 degree at £207 2 Baader Morpheus 17.5 at £190 I have heard and read lots of good things about both, I'm also aware the APM has less eye relief. I think I would consider buying both in time but can only afford 1 for now. Any advice as to which one or even if you think I'm making a mistake etc. would be much appreciated!

@John @Louis D @JeremyS Thank you as I have now realised I was making a newbie mistake, I will now revert back to 1.25 route and maybe look at having 1x 2" eyepiece for use on its own. I'm glad I posted on here now as I don't have the knowledge you guys clearly have so thank you. I do want to buy a good 1.25 Barlow in that case and have been looking at the following: 1. Explorer Scientific focal ext. 1.25 2x 2. Tele Vue 2x 3. Vixen 2x Deluxe Barlow Also in terms of eyepieces the main ones I have been considering the most are the following: 1. Explorer Scientific 68 and 82 degrees 2. Baader Morpheus and HYPERION 3. APM Ultra Flat Field Eyepieces 65° My idea is to buy 1x 2" 33mm and 3x 1.25 maybe a 10mm, 18mm and 25mm for example. Any thoughts or advice would be massively appreciated! Sorry its so long winded 😫

Part to do with imaging and as planning to buy a few 2" eyepieces I don't want to regret not having the option to double them. I'm sure I'll benefit from using a counter weight of some sort though.

Hi I recently purchased a Skywatcher Dobsonian 200p and am really torn between the 2" Explore Scientific 2x Focal Extender and the 2" Luminos 2.5x barlow. Would really appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance. 👍🏻