Help on eyepieces

[SPACE-MONKEY]

Can anyone advise on what eyepieces to buy, i have a skywatcher 200pbs. When i bought the scope it only came with one eyepiece which was a 28mm. At the moment i am only looking at planets last night i saw mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. they all looked amazing but really small.The scope takes 2" eyepieces can i use 1.25 eyepieces or will it make a diffrence to the clarity. Any advise would be welcome.

[hemihaggis]

Do some research on eps, find out about magnification , how to work out the eps magnification in your scope , do you want to view planets or dso ? .... how much do you want to spend ?

[Catweazel]

Hi SpaceMonkey,

Have a look at this site N.A.A. Telescope Math Calculator

It will give you magnification for any EP, once you have put in the spec for your scope. Very useful

[Jiggy 67]

Yes you can use 1.25 ep's, I have the same scope and have never used 2 inch. From what I have read, there is little or no difference between the two sizes apart that the bigger size gives a bigger fov but cost a bigger price

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[laaj19]

hello

i have just ordered my first telescope and am so excited.

i have also gone for the 200pds.

when ordering it (only a few min ago im so excited) i ordered an adpture to change from 2" to 1.25" dia ep was told that this was a good idea as the 1.25" are cheaper

only 3 more sleeps and it will be with me !!!

[Jiggy 67]

You don't have to order an adapter separately. The scope comes as a 1.25 fitting and has an adapter supplied for 2 inch, I would cancel the adapter if you can

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[S1m0n]

yea you get the fittings i my self purchased the 200p dob whith some good advice from the kind guys on this forum and although ive just looked at the moon even that just makes me tingle and cant wait to see jup and sat and i may have a look at mars and maybe venus

[DOBBY]

The 7mm of these ... First Light Optics - Celestron X-Cel LX eyepiece would work great in your 'scope..I tried it in a 200pds on Sat. on Mars & Jupiter.... I know £69 isn't cheap...but some sites are now sticking that up to £85...so might be the right time to invest

[Jiggy 67]

The 7mm of these ... First Light Optics - Celestron X-Cel LX eyepiece would work great in your 'scope..I tried it in a 200pds on Sat. on Mars & Jupiter.... I know £69 isn't cheap...but some sites are now sticking that up to £85...so might be the right time to invest

Hmmm.....like your thinking, I've looked at the X-Cel Lx before but went for the Hyperion Zoom last time, do need a higher mag ep though