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rwilkey started following Eyepiece regrets , 6 mm eyepieces, very few options , Too many beginner/portable/budget telescopes to pick from! and 5 others
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I have the 6mm & 8mm Radians which I bought on this forum, there was a 6mm on Ebay a week ago, so they do appear from time to time, I do confirm, they are very good. Good luck!
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Hi there, the 80's are better for back-packing, but the Orion starblast II 4.5 and Celestron inspire 100az are better in my opinion, the advantage of these is NOT because they necessarily give more magnification as most observational astronomy is done at lower powers, but because the larger aperture allows you to see more fainter objects - so in my mind, if you can fit the 100's in your back-pack, then go for one of these. We have a saying on SGL: 'Aperture is King'. Good luck!
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Welcome back Nick, from another frac lover!
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I have just under 60, however, I cannot part with hardly any of them as they were part of my 'growing into astronomy', I have sold about 3 or 4 that's all.
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I have always preferred the use of Moon filters, for me it helps define the surface of the Moon where otherwise it would be bleached out, I prefer the ND13 as this gives cracking views for me. I also use OIII and UHC occasionally where the object calls for it, but apart from the Moon I prefer not to use filters but always have them on standby.
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I think you are using too much magnificartion: 1500/2.5 = 600x. Much too high for our thick atmosphere and the scope (max useful mag = 300x). A 5mm will give you 300x but even so you would have to trek out to a dark sky spot to have any chance of acheiving this. Clear skies!
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My problen is that I have no real regrets and tend not to sell any eyepiece I have enjoyed. A good example is the Explore Scientific 82º Series, but when a 'job lot' of Naglers came up on eBay I couldn't resist them, or have the heart to sell my treasured ExSc. The other thing is that you get different experiences from using different eyepieces, which I find stimulating, well, that's just me! Pictures below:
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Hi Chrissy and a warm welcome from me, also in the West Country. Good advice above, get used to the mechanics of the telescope in daylight hours. Clear skies!
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skywatcher 150pds I need eyepiece advise
rwilkey replied to Missy Astro's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
Hi, I found the 2" Barlow cumbersome and sold it. I much prefer a 'shorty' 1.25". Sooner or later you will get 1.25" eyepieces and a 2" Barlow will seem a bit overkill, especially if you only have the 28" LET eyepiece to use it with, I tried 2" low power ep's with the 2" Barlow and found it simply did not work, anyway, that defeats the object of having a low power eyepiece. Your next best move is to consider 1.25" eyepieces, in a zoom or otherwise, in my opinion. -
Interesting, that has not been my experience with the TS UWA "UWAN" 82 degree 16mm.
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I have all the ES 82º series, however, I bought a 16mm Nirvana clone (Telescope Service) recently second hand to compare it with the TV 16mmT5 and to be honest the Nirvana clone compared equally well with the TV. I would recommend the Nirvana to anyone. The FLO price is also very competitive.
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Hi Tony and a warm welcome from me. Clear skies!
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Hi Long John and welcome from me too. Clear skies!
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Hi Don, I don't interchange tripods now as I am partially disabled and can't handle the 200P. I have the Porta II on the standard aluminium tripod, I have never had a problem with it and find it quite sturdy. See below: