Meade ultra wide angle 18mm Eyepiece

[simo1222]

Got to say i love this eyepiece esspecially compared to the pants i had with my scope (only 3" reflector), the reason i bought it was purely from reading threads from this web site and most say that the scope is only as good as the eyepiece, so i thought i would buy a good one, i was contemplating the naglar range withe the same FOV (82*) but they are a bit pricey so i found this for £149 at the telescope house, they also sell it at harrison telescopes but they were out of stock, these were the best prices i could find and they could go up to £260 in some sites. i will say it arrived well packaged and within about 4 days. here is a few pictures to show you what it looks like.

The eyepiece is 400 grams (0.9 pounds), and first impressions through my 3" reflector are great, i have a clear crisp high contrast and good quality colour, and viewing at night i found it very impressive with such a wide FOV. i am getting a 12" dob next year and cant wait to view through that because the 3" is limited, i would also like to compare this to a higher quality eyepiece like a televue or something like that to better measure the quality but i will be purchasing more of this range like the 6.7mm for DSO. all in all excellent eyepiece. posted this in the wrong thread earlier sorry for any duplication.

[Keano]

Looks very nice, 82 degrees would be cool, happy vewing:D

[simo1222]

its awesome just like looking through a spaceship portal window.

[Doug]

Hi

Yes it's a lovely eyepieces alright had mine for a few 2 years now I also have a Tele Vue Nagler 17mm T4 , they are both lovely eyepieces but in different ways the Meade has a softer view better for lite pollution

Doug

Essex