Have I made a schoolboy error with a 5mm eye piece?

[the lemming]

I have made my first purchase of a 5mm eye piece for my telescope in the hope of viewing planets and little green men skipping around on the moon's surface.

Please advise if I have made a sensible choice or if I've just purchased a useful paperweight?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-25-5mm-BST-Explorer-Dual-ED-eyepiece-Branded-Starguider-/380547862433?pt=UK_Telescope_Eyepieces&hash=item589a6b8fa1

[JamesF]

I think you should be fine with that.

James

[E621Keith]

BST Explorer is a highly regarded budget eyepiece. It will produce 130x on you scope.

You should like it.

[billybob]

I've just bought a skywatcher 5mm from flo and its fine in my scope just been looking at Jupiter in the daylight

[wookie1965]

The BST eyepieces are excellent even high mags have good eye relief you will be very satisfied with your purchase and if not just Contact Alan at Sky's the Limit he will exchange or refund, but ive a feeling you will keep it and want more ive got the 8 and 18mm and want more.

[Naemeth]

Nope, the BSTs are highly regarded here, and with 650mm focal length, it wont be unusable .

[rwilkey]

The purchase is a perfectly sound one, especially as 130x is the optimum magnification for this size aperture (130mm).

[Spec-Chum]

Sounds like a good choice to me buddy

[ronin]

Wait until you get it, put it in then aim it at Jupiter.

Then tell us if you have.

I have the full set and I am keeping every one of them, and if they did more then the set of 6 they do I would get them as well.

It's Clanger's on the moon and soup dragons.

[andrew63]

That should give some great views - if the skies ever clear!

andrew

[the lemming]

Sounds like a good choice to me buddy

Thank you

And may I say your patience and tollerance was much appreciated over the last few days.

[the lemming]

Wait until you get it, put it in then aim it at Jupiter.

Then tell us if you have.

I have the full set and I am keeping every one of them, and if they did more then the set of 6 they do I would get them as well.

It's Clanger's on the moon and soup dragons.

Now that I have an eye piece which will allow me to see the knitt pattern on the clangers, what wide angle eye piece would you suggest I get to compliment the kit 25mm eye piece that came with my man toy?

Cheers

[JamesF]

You might try something like the Revelation 32mm Plossl. Unless you can go to a 2" ep (which are significantly more expensive) I don't think there are that many options for a wider field of view.

James

[alan potts]

You will have to find something else for a paper weight, I think what you have bought may be spending a lot to time in the telescope!

Well done,

Alan.