Eyepieces for WO 80mm

[Sierra Golf Mike]

Managed to buy an APO - WO Zenithstar II 80ED from Veracocha. I am delighted with the scope but only have standard eyepieces and an eyepiece kit I got for half price when I got my first scope. I reckon to do the WO justice I need ED eypieces and an ED Barlow, especially for imaging. My budget is limited but I have seen BST and Ostara ED eyepieces and GSO, Skywatcher and Altair Astro ED barlows, there are other unbranded eyepieces and barlows which I suspect I should stay clear of. Are any of these worth buying to help do the WO justice?

Any advice welcome.

Cheers

[E621Keith]

Also consider the Meade S5000 TeleXtender or it's Bresser branded version.

BST, Celestron X-cel LX, and Meade HD60, have some good reviews.

Avoid the old Celestron X-cel (ED) or the other brand version of that eyepiece. I suspect the Ostara ED is one of them.

[Sierra Golf Mike]

Keith,

Thanks for the reply.

Any other advice out there please?

Cheers

[SJC03]

I have had two Williams 80mm telescopes one a singlet at 480mm F6 and the other which I still use a F53 doublet at 550mm F7

The Eyepieces I started with where Vixen all had good views but limited width.. I upgraded to LVW Vixen eyepieces which are very good but expensive and added some Baader Hyperions for eyepiece projection photograpy ( Moon ) the scope is not good on planets for viewing and to increase image size and detail for planets I use more expensive TelVue Raidians and a 2" 2X powermate with existing eyepieces.

My collection in use is

27mm Panoptic

22 Vixen LVW

17 Baader Hyperion

13 Vixen LVW

8 Baader Hyperion

5 Vixen LVW

4 Televue Radian

I have good views and I am happy with what I have.

I also have a GS0 200mm F4 reflector and a 102mm F7 Ikharos doublet, the eyepieces are used in them all.