Eyepiece Kit for Skywatcher

[newmumma]

Hello - sorry but I know nothing about telescopes as im a busy mum to 3 month old twin boys. Last year we bought Daddy a telescope - Skywatcher Skyhawk 1145P. For fathers day this year we would like to buy him some eyepieces. The shop we bought the telescope from has two kits - a Celestron and a Revelation - which should I choose. Ive had a quick look on the internet and it says it depends on the lens length but I havent a clue.

Could someone be kind enough to point me in the right direction please. Kind regards Katie

[Mr Moff]

Hi Katie,I haven't tried either of them kits but I did ask about them a few weeks ago and the general advise I was told pointed me to the revelation kit.They said the quality was better.

Hopefully someone will be along shortly that's tried them.

Danny.

[dtr42]

as dannny says the revelations get good review's [think a few post's suggest the eyepiece's are made in same factory under diffrent branding ] many will suggest the bst range with maybe a decent barlow for about same price as the celestron kit, but it will be a personal judgement ,The coloured filter's seem to be a bit of a novelty in these kit's as only the moon filter and maybe red get used . There are good second hand deals to be found on the U.K. Astronomy Buy & Sell site [as long as you don't mind second hand ] also the baader hyperion zoom at about 180 quid gets a lot of thumbs up from peep's on here .

[Tribal-Wolf]

The revelation is a nice kit with some usable EPs, especially the 32mm. I have it and quite like it.

[newmumma]

The chap at the shop made mention of the Skywatcher 1145P having a shorter focal length and that the Celestron set would suit better but I wanted to check it wasnt just saleman's chitchat

[dtr42]

it's true that the shorter focal length the better the eyepiece's need to be ,an f/10 is very forgiving to cheap eyepiece's but a faster f/5 may show up the flaw in the eyepiece , i have af/5.9 200p and the eyepiece's are ok [skywatcher make] however i am not sure the celestron kit and the revelation kit eyepiece's are that far apart ,apart from price [150-60 as against 125]

[newmumma]

Oh my goodness - its all too technical

Think I will write them both on pieces of paper and let the twins choose for me

[dtr42]

Oh my goodness - its all too technical

Think I will write them both on pieces of paper and let the twins choose for me

if it was my choice i would go for the revelation kit but i'm sure whatever one you get he'll be very happy with [especiallly with a home made card]

[newmumma]

Many thanks dtr42 youve made my mind up for me :0) Will let you know what he thinks. K

[rwilkey]

The Revelation set would be more useful as the 1145P is a very fast scope at f/4.4, so the ep's at 9mm upwards will get more use, also I believe this set is cheaper. BTW I have the Celestron set, but still recommend the Revelation, more flexible IMO.

[Carl83]

I was recommended the revelation kit too. I've tested neither but it seems it's a popular kit.

[Stargazer_00]

not to throw to big a curve ball in at this stage but maybe consider a zoom eye piece as well? the Baader Mk3 zoom gets much better reviews than the EP kits usually?

[RikM]

I have a couple of the individual Revelation eyepieces (20mm and 15mm) and they are quite nice given how little they cost.

[dtr42]

not to throw to big a curve ball in at this stage but maybe consider a zoom eye piece as well? the Baader Mk3 zoom gets much better reviews than the EP kits usually?

apart from the complaint's on this forum regarding the mark 3 sticking after a few month's

p.s i had already mentioned it on the 3rd post:)

[JamesF]

I'll add another vote for the Revelation kit. Never used the Celestron ones, but I've had a lot of use out of all of the lenses in the Revelation kit I bought, though I believe they've changed the kit slightly since I bought mine, adding a barlow and dropping one of the shorter focal length lenses I believe.

James