Choose your kit wisely!!!!

[faulksy]

hi and welcome to sgl

[glowjet]

Hi Jamoo and welcome to SGL

[jamoo]

Rhanks for all the welcome guys. Really trying hard to wait for an auction to end on ebay but with the clear skies we are getting I am increasingly getting impatient!!

[jamoo]

UPDATE....

The auction did not go so well, and I have been thinking long and hard about going down the visual route. Hence I have decided that for now I am going to do much more visual work with a good DOB. After much consideration I went for the 14" synscan skyliner and a couple of Televue lenses. I have got the Panoptic 24mm Nagler and have the 55mm 2" Televue plossl on order. I am now wondering what other eyepieces I should get with this scope as I have some cash left to fritter. I only want to buy good quality lenses and am hoping to go for a powermate but again am unsure what would be best for my type of scope. It looks like a beast from picture on websites and only changed to the 14" at the last minute thinking of my poor back!! so Again if I could have some advice on what accessories would compliment this scope i'd be very grateful!!!! Sorry to seem to have backtracked on the imaging route, but being a beginner I didn't want to end up with a dust gatherer in the garage....

[Bart]

The 55mm might give a very small exit pupil, if it is indeed 55mm and not a typo. You might need to stop that one and go for something smaller.

Barry

[jamoo]

oh really?????????? what does that mean? see total newb!

[Moonshane]

damo means a big exit pupil. this will give a washed out sky and waste some aperture. with (presumably) a f4.5 focal ration you'd be better with a 28-30mm eyepiece. I'd say your panoptic would be good for that though - maybe change the 55mm for a 12 / 13mm approx.

[haitch]

Will you guys stop trying to offload your EQ6s as you upgrade to EQ8s?