Best eyepieces for an ED66 refractor ?

[pluton]

Hello,

 I like know which is a best altenative eyepieces for an ED 66mm refractor..

Thanks

Best regard

Paco

[Stu]

Depends on your preferred target and budget I suppose...

I used to have a nice WO ZS SD 66mm scope which I took away as a travel scope.

As a high power, I used a 3 to 6 Nagler zoom which gave surprisingly good results, mainly up to the 4mm setting but occasionally higher.

As a low power, either a 24mm Panoptic, or a 22mm t4 were lovely, both giving over a 4 degree field of view which is great from a dark sky. I had a nice 2" SCT diagonal which screwed very firmly onto the focus tube giving a very solid connection. Not sure if your scope has the same fitting?

Either way, it it definitely worth getting a nice widefield ep and taking it somewhere very dark!!

Cheers,

Stu

[Naemeth]

I have an ED66 refractor, and my 24mm Pan / 25mm TV plossl, 10.5mm TV plossl and the 3-6mm Nagler Zoom accompany me. You don't really need anymore than that for a focal length of 400mm.

[John]

I'm going to move this thread into the eyepieces discussion area but also leave a link here. You should get some more feedback that way (not that there is anything wrong with Jonathan and Stu's excellent replies of course  )

[alan potts]

Good advice from Stu and Jonathan.

I have a 70mm ED, probably not as good as yours and it was showing some lovely views at X120 and X140 with a couple of Televue eyepieces.

Alan

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

MaxVision 24mm 68 deg or 82 deg. Bang-for-buck wise the best in town at the moment. Nothing wrong with the 22T4 (have it, love it), or Panoptic, but the MV 24 is a cracking good EP.