Is Three a Crowd ? Ethos

[Pig]

Ok one final Ethos purchase before Christmas for me  after reading the many positive reviews posted on SGL I went for the 8mm  All I have to do now is wait for Monday's post.

I have decided to stick with the 5 & 3.5mm XW's as I am not sure if there is any mileage in replacing them as yet, they are very good high power Lunar & Planetary eyepieces.

[Uplooker]

Good for you, well done. Out of my price range unfortunately. I am sure you will enjoy using it

[Pig]

Thank you Ian, I have only been able to afford it by offloading other kit. I am looking forward to using it

[estwing]

didn't take you long to get goin!....the 8 is such a great ethos, steve sparked my interest in it by the many positive comments under the elan cloud!...powermating this on globs in my scope is a stand-out event of a nights observing...clear skies! 

[DRT]

Excellent - you won't regret it.

You do realise that 13mm is the best one?

 

[Pig]

Thank you Derek.... if any one would know it is you I guess

Calvin ....I will have to see how it performs combined with the VIP Barlow

[Stu]

Never tried an 8mm, but I think in large dobs they really do come into their own.

[DRT]

1 minute ago, Stu said:

Never tried an 8mm, but I think in large dobs they really do come into their own.

I think you might have had a peek through mine at the Solar eclipse last year in the Lunt 50

 

[Pig]

12 minutes ago, Stu said:

Never tried an 8mm, but I think in large dobs they really do come into their own.

The Dob will be along soon enough

[estwing]

19 minutes ago, Stu said:

Never tried an 8mm, but I think in large dobs they really do come into their own.

Nail on head there Stu.....the bigger the dob  the more involved you become with the sky.....it's like looking out of James .T Kirks window of the millennium buzzard.....

[Stu]

2 minutes ago, estwing said:

Nail on head there Stu.....the bigger the dob  the more involved you become with the sky.....it's like looking out of James .T Kirks window of the millennium buzzard.....

I would argue with that particular point Calv, but I know what you are trying to say  

[Paul73]

59 minutes ago, Stu said:

I would argue with that particular point Calv, but I know what you are trying to say  

Stu - Maybe your dob isn't big enough???

I had some of the most immersive views with my little ED80 and a 21mm Ethos and a dark site. I could see a vast expanse of Milky Way with superhuman eyesight!

That said. I love my Dobs.

Paul

[faulksy]

1 hour ago, Pig said:

The Dob will be along soon enough

nice one shaun, what are you buying and what size ?

congrats on the 8e its awsome

didnt you have a 10mm xw ? i will buy it if you have

[estwing]

Not saying you need a big dob to appreciate the 8E but high mag and the increase in scale it's just so immersive...hard to describe,sorry

[John]

Congrats on expanding the Ethos fleet Shaun

The 6mm and 4.7mm are superb as well but you don't want to know that

I expect I'll splash out on the 3.7 soon before the TV sale ends. I've not seen one on the used market for ages.

[swamp thing]

1 minute ago, estwing said:

Not saying you need a big dob to appreciate the 8E but 

.........You just do  

[Davey-T]

I think it would be really rude not to buy the 13mm, that's a big gap from 8 to 17 

Dave

[Stu]

2 hours ago, Paul73 said:

Stu - Maybe your dob isn't big enough???

I had some of the most immersive views with my little ED80 and a 21mm Ethos and a dark site. I could see a vast expanse of Milky Way with superhuman eyesight!

That said. I love my Dobs.

Paul

That was all I was saying; that immersive views are not exclusive to big dobs. A 4" frac with 3.5 degree field and the whole Veil is pretty amazing. Plenty of ways to enjoy this hobby.

[DRT]

19 minutes ago, Stu said:

immersive views are not exclusive to big dobs.

Shhhhh!

Don't say that in front of the Dob Mob, Stu, otherwise they will start buying up all those lovely fracs!

 

[Scott]

38 minutes ago, Stu said:

That was all I was saying; that immersive views are not exclusive to big dobs. A 4" frac with 3.5 degree field and the whole Veil is pretty amazing. Plenty of ways to enjoy this hobby.

your fighting a losing battle mate... you know them dob mobbers have tunnel vision 

[Stu]

Just now, Scott said:

your fighting a losing battle mate... you know them dob mobbers have tunnel vision 

True enough Scott, just don't want everyone thinking you have to have a big dob to enjoy the sky, that just isn't true.

[Paul73]

At least everyone agrees that the Ethos line are damn fine eyepieces...... Whatever  you stick them in.

That 13mm would make for a nice balanced collection.

Paul

 

[Charic]

Ok one final Ethos purchase before Christmas for me 

 

 ........what's next after Christmas ?

[jetstream]

Congratulations Shaun!

[Pig]

6 hours ago, faulksy said:

nice one shaun, what are you buying and what size ?

congrats on the 8e its awsome

didnt you have a 10mm xw ? i will buy it if you have

Just sold it Mike.... Sorry