Starting Eyepieces

[Dom1961]

Does this sound like a good combination to 'start with'?

20mm Revelation Plossl

32mm Revelation Plossl

Celestron 2x Barlow

[eriksters]

For what scope?

[Dom1961]

Skywatcher 130P F5

[happy-kat]

I'd go slightly higher than the 20 I use my 16mm maxvision a lot.

The 32mm is an ok inexpensive wide field to find things. I use one on mine to get in the area I want to look at.

[ronin]

Oddly if you do not wear glasses the 32mm may give too much eye relief.

It will be about 20-22mm (maybe more) so you could have to hold your head back from the eyepiece.

I assume the idea is have 20mm and 32mm then with the barlow get the equivalent of 10mm and 16mm ?

[Dom1961]

Ronin: yeah thats what i was thinking, good idea or bad idea?

[kev100]

Hiya,

I had a 130P and bought exactly those EPs to replace the stock items. I found the 9mm Revelation very good, the 20mm okay, and the 32 excellent for wide field viewing. I still use the 9 and 32mm EPs with my 10inch scope! I wouldn't bother with the barlow. Just go for a 9mm EP as this will probably give as much magnification as your scope can handle anyway.

Kev.

[Dom1961]

The barlow was only for the 32mm to make it a 16mm for my mid magnification one

[Dom1961]

Wait now that i think of it, it would be easier to just buy separate eyepieces wouldnt it?

[happy-kat]

I personally would buy a better mid range eyepiece as that you could use the most, I do mine 16mm on Orion for example. A smaller sharp image is nicer to study then a blurry bigger image from a barlow.

Could put the barlow and the 20mm money for now towards a better mid range, look at the bst for example and read and search more to make an informed spend.