The 8MM Delos UnBoxed

[Daniel-K]

First of all when i saw the box my heat sunk battered with the tape hanging off i had about 50 thoughts running through my head hoping it was still intact. inside the box contained no sort of packaging so the EP was ratteling around inside.The EP box was barley wrapped in Bubble wrap.but all was good once i opened the box her there was the 8MM delos sitting there looking all new and shiny. the first thing you notice is the size compared to any other EP i have this far the biggest.So once its out the box i stood it next to the 24mm panoptic. yup a whole lot bigger once you take the EP cap off theres glass a whole lot of it.after reading the instructions i figured out how to use the twist up eye guard which is a real nice touch. The build quality is excellent as you would expect and the weight isnt too bad just under a 1LB. First light is looking to be on Wednesday at the Liverpool Astronomical Society if the forecast holds overall very happy with my new purchase and i will only be adding more Dan

[ronin]

So that is where you live and all this expensive equipment is.

Do you want to remove the first image ?

[Moonshane]

So that is where you live and all this expensive equipment is.

Do you want to remove the first image ?

very good point Ronin - Daniel, I have removed the image and maybe you could add a new version with the address edited off.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice EP. Looking forward to first light report

[JamesF]

It's the start of an expensive relationship

James

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

It's the start of an expensive relationship

James

By the looks of that little Panoptic 24, it is not the start. Too late to warn him of the dangers of green and black (a possible cure, go for Pentax )

[Damo636]

Congrats Daniel, lovely eyepiece!

[Macavity]

I sense they design them with performance in mind, rather than looks?

Maybe if the made them with 2" adapters? Just envious of course.

Seem a natural (eventual) upgrade for us / we Hyperion users...

[fredster]

Wow what a lovely looking eyepiece, the eyepiece of my dreams. Be great to have an Ethos or two at the low end and a Delos or two at the high end.

[John]

Great looking eyepiece - I'm looking forward to 1st light reports

It seems to be around the same size and weight as the Ethos 8mm except the Ethos is a little fatter and has the hybrid 2" / 1.25" barrel. I'm a bit surprised that the eyepiece was not packed better in it's box though, Tele Vue are usually very good about that.

It looks just fine though - enjoy the vue

[Mark at Beaufort]

Luke and Sarah at SGL8 allowed me to look at the Sun with their Coronado 60mm double stack H.alpha scope using a Delos 8mm EP. The image had excellent contrast and sharp to the edge allowing both surface details and proms to be seen with excellent clarity.

If I did not have a 8mm Ethos EP and I would buy one.

Mark

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

H-alpha is actually not the severest test of an EP, as the light is as monochromatic as it gets. The achromatic aberrations (spherical aberration, coma, astigmatism) can show up, but don't in these EPs. The XWs and XF are also really nice in my Lunt LS35.

[alan potts]

Very nice indeed, I want one!

Alan

[Stargazer_00]

Looking forward to the first light report Dan