Hello All -
I have an Apertura AD8 8" dob (1200 mm focal length) which I'm now using a 12mm Explore Scientific 92 series eyepiece with. I'm very happy with the eyepiece and it even barlows well with my 2.5x Celestron barlow.
I was looking into buying a smaller focal length eyepiece to have a couple options for my observation. I've read that magnification limits are 50x aperture, so I've been researching with the assumption that I can magnify up to 400x.
My question is... If I want to use my barlow with my new eyepiece, am I still limited by this 400x number? I assume I am, so I'm looking at the 8mm range for a new eyepiece.
So, the second part of my post... If anyone has recommendations for 8mm, I'd really appreciate it.
Right now, I've narrowed down to the Explore Scientific 8.5mm LEF 82 Series and the Pentax 8.5mm XF Series. I think I'm leaning towards the ES piece since I'm so happy with my current one, and I saw a couple reviews saying that the Pentax isn't that great. I also came across the Baader/Orion 8mm, but saw that it's not a good eyepiece for faster scopes.
Thanks again!