What eyepiece for Celestron EdgeHD?

[Bosuser]

HI,

I'm reasonably new to astronomy.  I've ordered a Celestron EdgeHD 8 and wondered what range of eyepieces would suit.

I've looked at Celestron x-cel online, also Naglers - there's a whacking price difference between the two so I was wondering why that should be?

I currently use a Celestron 8inch Newt and haven't splashed out huge amounts on eyepieces but thought maybe this should change with the arrival of the new scope.

Any help welcome ... thanks

[Mr Spock]

Compared to the X-Cel, Naglers are better build quality, 82° field instead of 60° and well corrected to the edge in fast scopes. Unless you want wide fields of view the X-Cels will be fine in your scope. Other good eyepieces are: goung down in price (£50) the BST Explorers and going up in price (£100) Vixen NLVs.

Quality eyepices do make a difference to your viewing experience, they are a worthwhile investment.

[brantuk]

The Baader Hyperions will be good in your scope - they work a treat on my newtonians. They're around £100 each new but you can get them for £60-£65 s/h in very good condition. Or for 5 in 1 eyepieces a Baader 8mm-24mm zoom is one of my favourites - really good quality views and very flexible with many uses. Should be around £100-£120 s/h or new for £190'ish. Hth

[M4lcs67]

I concur with brantuk. I have a C9.25 an 4 Hyperions of differing sizes and also the ftr's. They are a brilliant modular eyepiece and if you use the ftr's you have 4 separate combinations per eyepiece.

[Bosuser]

Thanks for the replies, they certainly point me in the right direction.

I think I'll lurk around ebay to see what comes up and have another look online at new prices as well.

I like the idea of the zoom eyepiece - does the image in a zoom ep degrade much from fixed focal length eyepieces?

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[M4lcs67]

With the Hyperion zoom there is a slight reduction of fov at the lower power end of the spectrum, Wide 68 degrees FOV at 8mm, 50 degrees at 24mm

[Tinker1947]

If your going the 2" Diagonal route then the Hyperion will be good there 2" barrels will mean no swapping to a 1.25" adapter, I replaced the standard focuser with a starlight feathertouch make a huge difference to getting a sharp view and only took 5 minutes to fit, my latest improvement a Astrozap with built in dew heater after a couple of hours the front glass was crystal clear.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I like using the wider field Naglers and XWs, but cheaper wide-field EPs work well. I would consider MaxVision 68 or 82 deg EPs, they are the same as the Meade Series 5000 SWA and UWA respectively, but much cheaper. Excellent value for money

[Bosuser]

Again, thanks guys, there's some good advice here so i've printed out this thread to refer to when I look around.