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Consider a couple of these: https://www.firstlightoptics.com/bst-starguider-eyepieces.html

As Churchill said, the secret of a satisfactory eyepiece case is to proceed from one purchase failure to the next without losing enthusiasm.

The solution is simple - buy lots of eyepieces and keep the ones that work for you!

From Wikipedia: Although not ultimately his decision, the commander of a mission always held great sway.[35] To David Scott the choice was clear, as Hadley "had more variety. There is a certain intangible quality which drives the spirit of exploration and I felt that Hadley had it. Besides it looked beautiful and usually when things look good they are good." Apollo 15 is infamous for an unauthorized merchandising incident where the astronauts smuggled hundreds of postal covers to the Moon for a fee. None of the astronauts ever flew again!

I've never been able to form an image with both eyes with binoculars (I have tried many pairs over decades). With bins I just see double whatever I do. So it is mono for me, even with binoculars.

Oh please do! So I should not buy them, but you can't say why? It's even more mysterious now 🤐

No, sorry. Just pointing it out in case you were interested.

On FLO: https://www.firstlightoptics.com/astro-essentials-eyepieces/astro-essentials-super-plossl-eyepiece.html

Exactly... turns out I can't count to 12.

Makes sense - the eyepieces don't exist - they are probably just ghosts in the TS machine.

Time to dust off this thread. Weirdly there are still no reports online of anyone using these. Very weirdly they only seem available from TS in Germany. I am thinking hard about getting the older ES 4.7 and 8.8, but would love to know how these compare... I'd probably go for the non-LER eyepieces, simply because they are bit lighter, their excellent quality is well known, and I am so happy with their 6.7 sister. Maybe that's how everyone feels.

I fall asleep by trying to fill the slots in my eyepiece case. 12 slots currently containing three eyepieces, so many choices. I'm asleep before I fill the final row.

How can you hate Mars, the bestest of all planets? My astronomy life life is centered around Mars oppositions...

Gosh that's bright! Where is it? Is it naked eye? EDIT: I am now educated: http://aerith.net/comet/catalog/2020F3/2020F3.html

Once upon a time I was on a German retailer's site and the browser's "translate page" function was switched on. I couldn't understand why the site was selling Reverse Waiter eyepieces!

Logicons!

When I started in the hobby, I did find the subject of "super" Plossls very confusing. But I did have a strong sense that an eyepiece with "super" in the name was unlikely to be better!

Good point - I guess they don't use emoticons on Vulcan.

It's a beautiful image, regardless of noise. I quite like the foreground stars.

Welcome to the forum! For DSO imaging on a HEQ5, a smaller scope is a better choice (because it would be easier on the mount and less focal length makes tracking easier) so the 150 would be my choice over the 200 for that. For planetary imaging the 200 would be better as it offers better resolution, and planetary imaging can tolerate poorer mounting. For visual DSO and planetary observation the 200 would have a slight edge - giving 33% more magnification for the same brightness (i.e. a nebula will be the same brightness but slightly bigger). I have owned a 150 PDS and it is quite large already. Another thing to think about is that a Newt on an EQ mount can be a bit awkward for visual use - the eyepiece can get into awkward positions.

Hanging in my home office now, reminding me to rise above human emotionalism...

When I moved to a fast scope I sold the Hyperions. But they worked very well in slower scopes.

I used to use the fine tuning rings a lot with a Hyperion 17mm - to get down to 9mm for viewing Jupiter. It gave really great views. I would "tune" the eyepiece for the planet season then "untune" it for the rest of the year. So not too much fiddling with the optics. The Hyperions make really nice planetary eyepieces in slower scopes.

Well, I found a new home for my Nirvana 16 - or, more accurately, a new home found my eyepiece. So I am pivoting away from thinking about SLVs to plugging my new gap in the 16mm mark. So I have started the hunt for the 16mm and 20mm Explore Scientific 68 degree eyepieces.