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As the others said, it s a wonderful eyepiece, and although i have my collection of widefields and complicated eyepieces i also own an almost complete Televue plossl collection. Enjoy! Vlad

P.S. At the same time i am regretting selling the nice and simple plossls and orthos UO voclano tops i once had. So beside the main sequence, i m planning on getting some TV plossls and some voclano tops or HDs. It s very hard loving optics

Well, there is the weight issue and i sometimes use one of my scopes for public outreach and i feel the Panoptic is way better for that. For example i find the Nag a bit tight on the eye relief, and also when using the 28UWAN, a newb wouldn t be able to see the whole field with ease. I really love it and also learnd that i can rest my head on the eyecup so comfy, but for beginners it s a mood killer. I also have a tiny 6 inch dob that is highly portable and if i wanna have a minimal eyepiece collection with me i would get only non weapon grade glass, i feel that the 24 pan and 13T6 are the best for this.

Thank you John, this thread sounds like a "bizarro world" AA meeting if you catch my drift.

As i have been doing astronomy for the past 13 years i was aware of the existence of this forum and the wealth of information it provides but i shun away for having another account that i would eventually forget on an astronomy website. Frankly, i just used cloudynights and astromart. Then, one day, before this Christmas i started browsing this topic. At first i thought i was deranged, such a Pavlovian reflex, all the pretty pictures and imagining the thrill you would get using those things unde the stars. Oh well, here i am, and altough my case has yet to come - i usually have all my EPs in my TV-101 case - here is a picture of my crew. Currently pending are a 24 Pan, 17.3 and 6 Deloi and a 22 T4. I think ( hope ) that will do and i will stop. Clear skies! Vlad