Skywatcher Sky Panorama

[8kids]

Has anyone used the Skywatcher Sky Panorama, they just seem to have appeared from nowhere.

[John]

I wonder if they are Celestron Luminos / Axiom LX's in disguise ?. The Celestron ranges carried those focal lengths and they look rather similar.

They would have to be pretty good to improve on the Nirvana ultra wides.

PS: sorry, I've not actually used them though, which was your original question.

[8kids]

If these are rebranded/repackaged celestrons in theory they should be pretty good then?

[Stephen]

They are brand new 2012 EPs, I've only seen them advertised in one place and that was last week "new in"

[8kids]

They are everywhere now

[andrew63]

on rvoptics site on ebay. at around £120 not a bad price from uwa - probably similar performance to axioms? wonder if flo will stock them?

Skywatcher Sky Panorama 7mm 1.25" - 7 element 82 degree field of view eyepiece | eBay

andrew

[John]

Another 7 element UWA design then. I reckon most look the same under the skin - there are only so many optical layouts that will work. It would be nice to have a £120 UWA that is a good as a Nagler rather than nearly as good, but I'm not holding my breath ......

[andrew63]

Having said good value to the above meade uwa appear incredibly good value they have come down a lot in price - i had the 8.8mm which was a nice eyepiece. About the same price of a hyperion!

Meade Series 5000 Eyepieces

andrew

[rwilkey]

I would say they are based on the same design as the Ax's and Luminos ep's, certainly points that way, Perhaps that's why Celestron rebranded them and brought the Luminos out at a cheaper price, certainly good performers.

[E621Keith]

This is a race to the bottom with eyepiece aesthetic. First the Meade S5k XWA then this Sky Panorama.

OK I know external appearance doesn't matter, but they obviously paid some designers to make it this ugly .

S5K UWA, Axiom, Luminous, and Nirvana were good looking eyepiece. Unfortunately this is not.

I can't think of any reason why anyone would like to pay £127 for this when they can get a S5k UWA with proven track record for £116

[Spec-Chum]

They look like the stoppers I had on my roller skates in the 80s

[jnc71106]

they all look the same in the dark

[Hex]

Have any members had a good try of these eps' yet, they do seem very good value for money.