michael.h.f.wilkinson

That is a serious case of TV addiction! Two cases, in fact. Lovely collection!

Very nice case full of goodies

Very nice set indeed Or just get a bigger one like I did

The 26T5 Nagler was the second Nagler I looked through (the 22T4 was the first). Awesome EP.

Very nice trio of cases

How can a case full of quality EPs not make sense? Very nice case indeed

Selling a 31T5 Panzerfaust??? HERESY!!!!!!

Great report Stu! I was sorely tempted by these on ABS, but resisted because they would probably require a rebuild of the P-mount I made. I am glad they have gone to a good home.

Nice to see the Morpheus has found a comfy slot in the EP case. Lots of dangerous (to the bank balance) empty space in that case

I have used a 31T5 at an exit pupil of 7.56mm which worked, even if you might lose some light. When using the LVW 42mm in the same F/4.1 scope you get an exit pupil of 10.25mm. Assuming your pupils dilate to 7mm you are cutting down the light cone to F/6, so you would not really be testing the EP at F/4.2.

I do wear glasses and have astigmatism. The LVW 42mm works very nicely at F/6 in my 80mm APM triplet, but I haven't tried it at F/5. At F/6 the exit pupil is 7mm, at F/5 it becomes 8.4mm, which is a bit much. It would be great if your eyes look like this

Very subtle update of mine: the Morpheus 14mm has been replaced by a Delos 14mm. Top row: Vixen LVW 42mm, Nagler 31T5 "Panzerfaust", Nagler 22T4, H-beta and moon filter, Orion 2" 90° Amici prism Second row: Nagler 17T4, Delos 14mm, Nagler 12T4. Third row: Pentax XW 10mm, Delos 8mm, Pentax XW 7mm, MaxVision 24mm 68° Bottom row: Pentax XW 5mm, Denkmeier Filter-Switch diagonal with UHC and O-III filters.

Very nice indeed. I have the 8mm Delos and since this morning the 14mm. More may well follow

Unless you have a reclining chair

Sounds very interesting!

Alternatively, your lounge is too small for the eyepiece cases

Forgot to add my oldest frac (1850 or thereabouts): a 48mm achromatic doublet (uncoated, obviously), inverting lens in the tube, and Huygens EP.

Ooh, lovely!

Agreed, you need superb conditions to see any difference at all, unless we are talking very fast scopes, where astigmatism raises its ugly head much sooner.

OUCH!

True, but I do find screwing in these "barlows" annoying

I might actually just go for the NAV-SW or Delos. My wide field range is covered nicely by the 31T5, 22T4, and 17T4, at the shorter end I find the 70 deg offered by the XWs enough. Replacing the 12T4 with Delos 12 and 14 will fill the gap nicely. They would mainly be used for small galaxies and planetary nebulae.

Happily I am not tempted by the mighty Ethos line. I compared Olly's 13mm to my Nagler 12T4 and the Type 4 Nagler was far more comfortable for me with my glasses. Conditions weren't great, so differences in sharpness were hard to determine, but the eye relief of the Ethos is just a mm or so shy of what I need at minimum. As the Nikon NAV-HW has 16mm eye relief, I do feel tempted by them.

I had the Meade S5K 14mm, and sold it due to the (slightly) tight ER. The Delos 14mm and XW14 are top contenders. I might even ditch the 12T4 and replace that by a Delos 12 as well