10mm Eyepices - Help ....

[dweller25]

I am looking for a pair of 10mm eyepieces for bino-viewing.

I draw the planets at the eyepiece whilst wearing glasses so 15mm plus eye relief is important to me.

Budget for the pair is around £150.

Any ideas/pointers ???

[Moonshane]

if you could stretch to another £50 you might get a couple of used Radians over a period of time.

[dweller25]

Thanks for that , but a little expensive.......

I am considering a pair of Vixen 10mm NLV's.....

[Moonshane]

also excellent I believe.

[NGC 1502]

The original Vixen LVs are good too. Underated sometimes, they are sharp

to the edge in fast scopes, and great eyerelief as well.

Regards, Ed.

[John]

This might get a laugh but it occurred to me that the Skywatcher UWA / Orion Expanse 9mm might be worth considering. They have 16mm of eye relief, 66 degrees FoV and the 9mm is considered a bit of a hidden gem in this range. I looked through one at the SGL star party this year and can see why

At least they would be well under budget

Just a bit of "lateral thinking"

[dweller25]

Thanks John but it has to be 10mm

[russ]

David, a Vixen LV 10mm has come up in the Sale section for £45. You could place a wanted ad for the second one.

[dweller25]

Thanks Russ.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Robtics in the Netherlands still have the LV 10mm in stock, or so they claim.

[Moonshane]

what about these http://stargazerslounge.com/sponsor-announcements-offers/144753-sgl-promo-celestron-x-cel-ed-eyepiece.html

[dweller25]

Oh nooooooo......

Just bought a 10mm Radian second hand and have first dibs on anothr that may come available soon !!!!

Thanks anyway.

[russ]

Oh nooooooo......

Just bought a 10mm Radian second hand and have first dibs on anothr that may come available soon !!!!

Thanks anyway.

wow 10mm Radian in binoviewers.........that's going to be awesome! You won't regret it. I remember switching from a pair of Antares W70's to a pair of Pentax XF's.......wow what a difference.

[Moonshane]

I tend to agree on the Radians and if you ever needed to sell them (as they seem to be on the verge of withdrawing them?) you'll almost certainly get them sold at a decent price.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I love my Radian 10mm clearly better than my old Vixen LV 9mm. Should be great in a binoviewer,

[dweller25]

Thanks for the feedback, I'm getting all excited now - cost me a bit more than I wanted to spend though - I'm sure it will be worth it.......

[damnut]

Have just bought 8mm BST Explorer ED ep with a reasonably wide angle of viewing. £38. Might be worth trying a pair of them. I was able to get this ep and three others on a try before buy basis.

Looked pretty good in my main 10" sct, screw up eyecup gave good eye relief also.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I have heard a lot of good feedback on the BST Explorer ED eyepieces. Should work well in an F/10 scope.