Charon Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Hi everyone,Another birthday is fast approaching 56!! Were has it all gone:(? Anyway my partner is going to buy me a new eyepiece to the value of £300 ( I can bump it up a bit if required), my question is which one should I go for? The eyepiece is fpr my cpc800gps, I have read that these scopes are f10 and are quite easy going on eyepieces as opposed to the faster type of scope. I am interested in observing only. I also read an article in one of my growing number of astronomy books that the Teleview Nagler 22mm is one EP to consider? Again I am open to advice.Thanks in advance for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwilkey Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 The 22mm Nagler would be a great ep for sharp clear views of the sky in my view, a little bit close to your TV 20mm, but will give wider cracking views. I have the Axiom LX 23mm in this range at 82* and absolutely love it. Love Crete, bet you get great skies there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charon Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 Yes I am lucky to have a dark location and am a fair height above sea level, no street lights etc. Viewing getting better as its starting to cool off a bit now so the ground heat is easing off. I did not realise the 20 and 22 would be so close:icon_scratch:, hmmm food for thought here then, what about a Televue 17mm then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brantuk Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 A 13mm Ethos springs to mind - but then I have a variety of scopes to use it in.Did you consider bino viewers? Believe me it's an experience not to be missed - especially with an Sct. The Baader Maxbright's are around £250 and perform beautifully but you do have to get two eyepieces on top. I use the William Optics bv's (circa £170) and they really are the best value for money and work extremely well in your scope - complete with 1.6 barlow nosepiece and two 20mm wide angle ep's.And you'd have around £130 left for another half decent eyepiece to plug any gaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwilkey Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 A TV Ethos at 17mm or 13mm would give a great view but a bit expensive for my taste/pocket, but I see you have the Baader MkIII zoom in this range, but you will not beat the performance of the TV. The one thing to remember is that quality lasts a lifetime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 The 22mm T4 is excellent, so is the 17mm (I have both).I already owned the 22mm when I got the C9.25. If I didn't I would probably have gone for the 26mm T5 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew63 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 TV Panoptic 24mm is a gorgeous eyepiece - should be supplied with all new telescopes!andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charon Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 Thank you for your replies.I never considered Binoviewers though, very interesting. Time to do some research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeti monster Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 The one thing to remember is that quality lasts a lifetime Unless you drop it, let kids near it, loose it etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great_bear Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 To be quite honest, it never occurs to me to look at the moon or planets without my William Optics Binoviewers. Any single-eyepiece experience is distinctly second-rate after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charon Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 If I drop it Yeti expect your ears to start to burn Thanks for that Great Bear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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