Celestron 8inch SCT VX eyepiece recommendations

[martinh40]

Still not fully decided if this is the scope for me or not. There are lots of pros and cons. The biggest pro is size (wife friendly)

If I got this scope I'd be partnering it with a 6.3 focal reducer. 

At the moment Celestron have a free eyepiece offer for two free until 15th September.

So what would you choose?

In the future I'm wanting to dabble in astrophotography and the Ultima Duo seem a good idea for AP and visual as they have a wide field of view. What are your opinions on these, or alternatives and size?

[nightfisher]

A couple of the Ultima duo would not go amiss, you would need to work out best focal length to suit your needs, does the scope some with an eyepiece

[martinh40]

59 minutes ago, nightfisher said:

A couple of the Ultima duo would not go amiss, you would need to work out best focal length to suit your needs, does the scope some with an eyepiece

Yes, a 20mm one.

 

[BGazing]

i asked around before i made my purchase. to start with, i already had a baader zoom, and now with it i have baader aspheric 30mm and paragon clone 40mm.

sometimes i plop in 1.25 pieces i already have like es 24 mm 68 deg and synta gold 15mm 66 deg.

realistically 12mm is the highest useable magnification on 95 percent of the nights.