Esprit 80ed recommended eye pieces

[cosmojaydee]

I need some advice , I have a Esprit 80ED which I use for Photography , I have nephews and nieces who are interested in visual , they would probably want to look at the moon , Jupiter and the brighter DSO's  could anybody advise me on what eye pieces would be suitable , I have the stock diagonal and a 2" x2 SW Barlow.

Thanks in advance 

 

[Scosmico]

My children are quite happy to use any plossls. Small cups are better for children due to its sizes. My orthos are to small, my big eyepieces are too big for their faces.

[Timebandit]

 

Hello. As long as your scope has an 1.25 adapter then you will be fine, if not pick up a cheap second hand one. If you  are after sensible price eyepieces with a decent fov and good eye relief then the BST starguiders could be the ticket. With a fov of around 60d (plossl about 50 and orthoscopic around 42d) then the fov will be wider and should be fine. If I remember correctly the eye relief is around 13mm plus, so again reasonable eye relief  also. The optics are good and for there price point of around £50 new, probably one of the best eyepieces around. The other eyepiece which may be worth considering is the Badder classic Orthoscopic, but less fov of around 50d and less eye relief i understand, but sharp optics and sensible money. 

I hope the above helps☺

[YKSE]

For casual observers, children specially, a zoom is a better alternative. IMHO, no hassel of changing eyepieces, they can easily zoom to find suitable magnifications, or just have fun.

If you're not shy of buying used, there's a baader zoom (not mine) in ABS at the moment.

http://www.astrobuysell.com/uk/propview.php?view=123952

 

PS. Baader's has both 2" and 1.25" nosepiece, with your 2x barlow, it works eqvivalent 4-12mm, about all you need for viewing the Moon and Jupiter.

[Pig]

The Vixen SLV range used to work great in my old 80mm Esprit ... the 2.5mm was a bit dark for Lunar but all the other high powers were fine. If you really want to push the boat out the Televue Nagler 3-6mm Zoom is a great option but its a bit pricey so the nieces would need to be careful with it