New eyepiece for my Dob, any ideas?

[frankie]

Hello everyone, had my dob for about a year now and what a great choice it was, its my first scope but now im thinking of getting some new eyepieces, can anyone point me in the right direction? cheers

[rwilkey]

A 32mm Panaview, for deep sky would be a good addition, it was my first purchase when I bought the 200P.

[Moonshane]

- what do you currently have?

- what's your budget?

- do you wear glasses to observe?

- do you have a preference for lower or higher power observing?

- are you proficient at tracking manually at higher powers?

Give an idea on the above and there sould be quite a few options

[frankie]

- what do you currently have?

- what's your budget?

- do you wear glasses to observe?

- do you have a preference for lower or higher power observing?

- are you proficient at tracking manually at higher powers?

Give an idea on the above and there sould be quite a few options

I have the standard eyepieces for the 300p, would like to see more detail on planets galaxies and clusters, budget would be upto 150 i suppose and i dont wear glasses

thanks

[DOBBY]

26mm or 32mm Panaview from skywatcher...for clusters etc.

12mm or 7mm X-Cel LX from celestron...moon & planets.

BST Explorers/Starguiders get good reviews at a cheaper price..

[Tinker1947]

Is that budget of £150 for 1 EP or does it need splitting...

[Moonshane]

when I had a 12" dob, my most used eyepiece focal lengths were 9mm, 12mm and 24mm. On this basis I'd suggest you retain your 25mm that came with the scope and replace the 10mm with a 9mm plus buy a 12mm. One possible option is the BST's mentioned above. If you got a 18mm and a 15mm plus a 2x barlow you'd have 25, 18, 15, 12.5, 9 and 7.5 which would cover most options I think and probably within budget too?

[rory]

when I had a 12" dob, my most used eyepiece focal lengths were 9mm, 12mm and 24mm. On this basis I'd suggest you retain your 25mm that came with the scope and replace the 10mm with a 9mm plus buy a 12mm. One possible option is the BST's mentioned above. If you got a 18mm and a 15mm plus a 2x barlow you'd have 25, 18, 15, 12.5, 9 and 7.5 which would cover most options I think and probably within budget too?

now that sounds like a plan

[frankie]

Thanks guys got some thinking to do now

[stevetynant]

A 32mm Panaview, for deep sky would be a good addition, it was my first purchase when I bought the 200P.

hmmmm I've had the 32mm panaview on order from FLO since January but have now swapped the order for a 31mm Baader Hyp Aspheric - please don't say its the wrong choice lol

btw anyon looking for the Panaview- Martin at FLO tells me they are due in end of April.

[Tinker1947]

Stevetynant, I have a 36mm Hyp Aspheric, well please with it, also have a Baader Coma Kit on back order since February, hopefully they will be in the April delivery....

[onesmallstep]

2-inch Panaview, either 32mm or 38mm, for widefield deep sky viewing. BST ED eyepieces for general use, one each of high, medium and low power.

HTH!

[Tribal-Wolf]

I just bought a 20mm Vixen NLV which is a very nice EP, a little narrow FOV but it is very sharp. I have used it once since I got it on Saturday and found 4 DSOs I couldn't make out before with my other EPs. Bought it because it was on special at FLO and thought I'd give it shot after reading good reviews and it's brilliant.