Eyepieces for my new toy :)

[Michael the newbie]

I recently received the sky-watcher skyliner 8' dob for my birthday (after many months of persistent nagging) I've got a selection of average eyepieces but am in the market for a 6mm and wondered if anybody had any suggestions? I don't have mountains of money sadly but looking for something fairly decent. thanks in advance.

[ronin]

6mm often means planets and the 6mm that gets mentioned often is the William Optics 6mm Planetary.

What f number is the scope?

WO tended to recommend f/6 or slower, but the general reports are usually good for the 6mm planetary and I presume that many use it on f/5 200P's.

[alan potts]

A very good suggestion without spend a lot of money. If FOV and eye-relief are not an issue the Hutech 6mm ortho from FLO will never let you down.

Alan

[Michael the newbie]

Thanks i'll have a look at the William optics e/p. Its the skyliner 200p scope.

[Michael the newbie]

To be honest I probably need a good quality low power e/p as well so any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[rwilkey]

The Skyliner 200mm is 1200mm in f/length so an f/6 focal ratio. I believe the William Optics SPL 6mm ep would be the best for this scope, a very comfortable ep to use with good eye-relief and will give an optimum mag of 200x, great for planets and Moon.

[damnut]

I thought WO 6mm without a bundle of cash never.... How wrong can you be £69 from FLO. Puts it just beyond the BST & Excels for a quality ep. Good suggestion from the posters above. Also into the melting pot 6mm TMB Planetary II.

[rowan46]

can i suggest this bad boy for wide field its actually the 2" 82 version and not a 2" 68 http://www.astroshop.eu/explore-scientific-maxvision-2-68d-24mm-eyepiece/p,44867

[ghostdance]

Off topic but hey ho.....an 8" Skyliner for your birthday?! You're either a very luckylucklucky thing, or an insufferable nag! Congratulations!

[Reeny]

All I can suggest (using  the same scope) is do not rush for a 6mm Delos too quickly like I did.

Explore Scientific do an 82 degree 6.7mm which would be much more cost effective, with a wider view, and very decent optics.

http://www.365astronomy.com/Explore-Scientific-Eyepieces/

And try to go for something around 30mm for wide field (or the 24mm 82-degree mentioned above)

I have the 42mm revelation and the exit pupil is too big at around 7mm.

I also have the 24mm 68 degree MaxVision and I often need a wider field of view.

Something in the middle is required.

The 34mm MV68 / or 24mm 82 should work well for wide field viewing.

[bingevader]

I can vouch for both the WO SPL 6mm and the MV 82° 24mm in a 8" Skyliner.

Another alternative at low power is the 2" Skywatcher Panaview 32mm, splendid.