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Drat !!....

I'd love a pair of those Mike, trouble is they only appear once in a blue Moon

Simple and effective Piero, neat idea

If the weight issue is really bothering you and you don't want the faffing around with counterweight, then sell it and get a 24mm Panoptic Alan. It certainly will not be a retrograde step as far as optical performance goes, definitely not. I had both until a few months ago, and sure the 22 LVW is a lovely eyepiece, but when it came to the crunch I sold it, in favour of the Panoptic, and have not re thought that decision since. The 24mm Pan is smaller , lighter, and one hell of a performer ! I admit that I also had an ulterior motive, in that a pair of 24 Pans in a binoviewer fits perfectly for me and I will never part with them, they are that good.

Sure does ! CA is Almost non existent in Andromeda, shown in all her beauty....again ! In Latinized Greek Andromeda means ' Ruler of men' apparently, which is rather appropriate. Dave ( F15 Rules) named her before I took ownership.

Cheers Mark, These are primarily for use with Andromeda (5" F15) as they will frame the Moon comfortably at 146X in the binoviewer, as well as offering 205x and 366x for closer inspection, when conditions permit These T6 Naglers are the first I have used and I am delighted.

You will love the Moon through those Ade especially with the 20 mm eyepieces. I used those for two or three years, and they are excellent.

I agree, and certainly the attraction for me is that I can see the whole moon at X 147 in my 5" refractor. The Vixens are superb though and if a pair of them would fit my IPD then that is the route I would have taken, just on cost, but luckily, Panoptic, and Nagler T6 units are petit and very powerful and do just what I want. It is true of course that I could get away with much less expensive glass at F15, but I could not do without my 12" Orion dob, and that is much fussier on eyepieces.

This beauty arrived this morning amazingly, as it was ordered just yesterday afternoon from Telescope House. Along with the MRG 7mm from Stu, this now completes my high power bino pairs.

Hi John, You added the picture quickly enough ! As I said, I have never owned a Vixen scope, but I am well aware of their pedigree, maybe one day. Lovely set up.

Very, very nice Mike, particularly the left hand end !

I would be happy with half of it !! Great set up.

Ah ! what a work of art

Very good Callisto, made me smile

Latest additions to my eyepiece cases delivered in the last week or so. So far I like them very much.

Congratulations John.

Hi Dave, I did, but I sold it along with other oculars to raise the funds for my Denkmeier binoviewers, with their 26mm prisms. It was, as you would expect, a difficult decision but I consoled myself with the knowledge that I would replace it at a later date, however, the one that Alan bought was my third attempt, Dave's (Smith)being the second, and the first was a while back and I do not recall who got that one. I do consider myself now a bino observer first and foremost, but they do not do everything as well as you would wish, and certainly, my best views of Saturn ever, have been with the XW 10. That and the XW 7 were my main armament for splitting doubles. I will just have to be patient.

Ah well, the monk's cowl from that nice Mr Bakay, in the post, will have do .

NO.......... some of us are just trying to

Well done Alan, you beat me to it by a whisker .......!.....................

My collection has changed somewhat in the last 9 months, and the bino pairs are still evolving, with the definite exception of the top line. The two Vixens will go, if I can find another good, used, 16mm T5 Nagler, as will the 11mm plossl pair, and probably the Astro Tech 12.5's, although the latter I have had the longest of any of them, and they are extremely good 55 deg units. The OCS options of 1.4x and 2.5x on my bino, give me lots of different powers, and of course, with the 5" f15, they can all be used at native focus. The other box contains favourites for cyclops viewing, particularly the 13mm Ethos, and the 42mm Vixen, which in Andromeda ,(the big refractor), are sublime.

I must admit I would try a 13mm LVW if one became available. I regularly see eyepieces on your side of the pond, Louise,that I would like, but have never been successful in buying.

Hi, It is in my signature at the bottom of the page, but it is a D&G Optical 5" f15, and a real planet killer !

A truly wonderful eyepiece, and the only LVW that I still have, and will always keep, having moved on the 8mm & 22mm. The 42mm LVW gives me 45x, a TFOV of 1.43 deg, and an exit pupil of 2.8mm in my big 5" refractor, and of course stars are tiny pinpoints across the FOV, just sublime for sweeping star fields..

Hi Chris, It certainly has during the last few months, because short sessions were often available at short notice. If I am sure of a few hours and the sky is good, then I set up the 5" on the pier. ..