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[ramstar]

As the owner of a 200Dob - my 1st ever scope - I thought that would be the end of my spending - what a numpty! Since then I've added a telrad, x2 barlow, moon filter and a Cheshire collimator I've been too frightened to use, telling myself it doesn't need correcting just yet!

Anyway, there's still a bit left in the coffers which is burning a hole in my pocket. My targets are mainly planetary & DSOs' so I've more or less convinced myself to go for the following additional bits:

SW 32mm Panaview 2" eyepiece

SW 2" Olll filter

WO 6mm SPL 1.25mm eyepiece

Solar filter film

What I'd like to know is are these items going to stand me in good stead for the next few years?

[rowan46]

It depends. if you carry on with astronomy you may find them useful. If however you decide to take up football a pair of boots may be more useful. Seriously though filters and eyepieces are difficult things to give advice on as they are such a subjective thing. all of those things look pretty useful.

[Daniel-K]

the panaview is a great EP for clusters and picking out faint fuzzys, im not a big fan of the oIII filters or the WO SPL so i would pick the EP

[rwilkey]

Hi Ramster, I think nearly all those are good choices for the 200P, the PanaView can be a bit soft at the edges at f/5 but still a great eyepiece to view through, amazing in fact. I would skip the Baader solar film as I wouldn't use an 8" scope to view the sun, better done with a smaller refractor or dedicated PST in my opinion. You might want to consider a UHC filter as well, but the OIII is a great choice too. I use my 32mm PanaView to view the sun in white light on my C100ED-R, in combination with colour filters, in this respect the PanaView is very flexible and to be honest, my most used ep.

[Jiggy 67]

I would go for the UHC filter rather than the OIII. The UHC is a much better all rounder for faint nebulas

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[cotterless45]

Yep , I'd go with UHC.

I rarely use a 35mm as light pollution bleaches the view. A 25 mm BST is far more useful. Most deep sky stuff can be found using that and the Pocket Sky Atlas.

I think 6mm would be pushing the limits in the Dob. I use a flat field 8 mm to get x150 views of Jupiter and the Moon. but subject to seeing conditions. I'd go with a 12 mm BST to give x100 on galaxies and planetary nebulae.

Sorry, but don't like mixing big mirrors with the Sun. Best get a cheap small refractor and cobble up a solar filter and keep that for that use. I use a 90 mm at x40 mainly for the Sun,

Nick.

[ramstar]

As far as the solar film is concerned, one suggestion I've seen is to fit some around one of the screwable caps on the main tube cover. Would this be an option - at this stage I hadn't thought of another scope to be honest?

[rwilkey]

Hi Ramster, yes, that would definately be a good solution, I have read elsewhere on this forum of people doing that, I think it would work very well.

[emadmoussa]

It seems like a dilemma for all of us here...it’s always ‘’this is the last thing I’ll ever buy’’, but end up with more and more...addiction you can call it.

If I go for one thing in your list, it’d be the 6mm EP.

Am I missing anything here, you’re saying you’re mainly interested in Planetary and DSOs viewing. Are there any other realms I’m not aware of?!!

[Jiggy 67]

It seems like a dilemma for all of us here...it’s always ‘’this is the last thing I’ll ever buy’’, but end up with more and more...addiction you can call it.

Totally agree, just took delivery of a Hyperion Barlow intending it to be the last item for a while and then last night I added three items to my wish list at FLO!!! Just itching to transfer them to "my basket"

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[Patrice Lanteigne]

What I'd like to know is are these items going to stand me in good stead for the next few years?

Short answer: no.

That's been my experience anyway.

[ramstar]

Jiggy - why did you decide to go for the hyperion, something I was considering?

[Jiggy 67]

It's the Hyperion zoom Barlow which is specifically designed for the 8-24 zoom clickstop. I'm a big fan of this zoom so the choice was obvious, not had chance to try it out yet though, it only arrived yesterday

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[emadmoussa]

It's the Hyperion zoom Barlow which is specifically designed for the 8-24 zoom clickstop. I'm a big fan of this zoom so the choice was obvious, not had chance to try it out yet though, it only arrived yesterday

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Seems like a luxurious item, mate. Let us know about its performance. Hopefully there will be clear skies by the end of this week Best of luck!