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I hadn't actually weighed mine...

The ES 24mm is 24oz/704g

Thanks all. As for the weight, my understanding is that the Nagler is about 200 grammes less than the Myriad...

Hi, First off, I love my Myriad eyepiece, with its huge fov and, in my scope, 60x mag. But, it's big, and heavy ... so i'm thinking of selling it and going for an 82 degree replacement (like a 24mm Explore Scientific, or, if i can find a secondhand one, a 20/22mm Nagler). Thoughts? Alternatives? Kev

Thanks. M35 is definitely a challenge 👍🏻

White pencil and gel pen on black paper,

If this thread proves anything, it's undoubtedly the case that everyone's top 10 lists will differ 😀

I got one of those MoveShootMove Tridaptor phone holders the other day, first results are in (all pix taken using night sight mode): M42, M45 & the double cluster….

Managed to get this with my phone to the eyepiece, through the clouds and the trees…

Do you have a case for it?

Only 10? https://www.firstlightoptics.com/books/the-wow-list-50-stunning-deep-space-objects-for-amateur-stargazers-book-by-kevin-quinn-alan-beech.html

I managed to get the veil, California and North America nebs, plus the helix so far from the class 4 site I use. From a true dark site it would be a whole different story ...

Better than my home made affair ...

I was gobmacked 🤣

Thanks Peter, I'll have a look for the holder. In the meantime, here's a quick process (red channel pushed and inverted). You can see the molecular cloud around Meissa!

Shot at the weekend, Orion, with the Rosette nebula, and a faint Barnard's loop PXL_20240107_205924135.NIGHT.dng

Nice set of EPs you've got there. Can't think why you need the spacer, though. I don't with mine, even the 20mm Myriad.

Which brand/type of eyepieces are you using?

The modded version of the camera app is here: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-MWP/f/dl30/ I used the top one , and have begun a series of blog posts on the subject: https://theastroguy.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/astrophotography-with-a-google-pixel-pt-1/

Hi, I’ve recently been playing around with the above, though using a modded version of the camera app, just to see what’s possible. I think the results are pretty good: Veil, North America, California and Helix 😲

Wish I'd got it ages ago 😔

Hi, I (finally) got one of these as a birthday present, for use with my 250PX. It came in a nice, black cloth covered box, with foam inserts, and at 359 grammes feels solid and value for money in the hand. I'd read a Stargazers Lounge post about them, and one person mentioned that the eyepiece retaining screws are flimsy pot metal, so I compared the weights with the screws from my RevelationAstro 2in eyepiece adapter and, sure enough, there was a noticeable weight difference (2 grammes versus 3 grames), so I swapped them over. This is interesting as both items are made by the same company (GSO). Popping the caps off to take a look at the lens inside left me horrified at what I thought was a scratch. This turned out to be a bit of plastic swarf from the end caps (my dust blower took care of it). Curiously, though, there was quite a lot ... In use, it's a direct replacement for the aforementioned eyepiece adapter. Eyepieces come to focus easily, and don't need to extend any further from the focuser (I have heard some people say they needed to use a spacer ring to achieve focus, but in my 10-inch dob - f4.7 - there was no need). Maybe that's a photo thing ... How well does it work? Well, on the two sessions I've had with it so far it worked really well. Actually very well. The field of view with my 20mm 100-degree Myriad was impressively flat, and stars were pinpoint sharp almost to the very edge. Likewise with my 68-degree, 16mm MaxVision. Even the dense star-filled Milky Way between Sadr and Albireo didn't suffer from coma, and the Double and Owl clusters were stunning. Without the CC the views of this area always appeared as if seen on the surface of a bubble, but not now ... flat as a pancake. Recommended.

Awesome post, and an incredible achievement 👍

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