Some of Uncle Al's Jewels ......

[John]

Al Nagler started the Tele Vue company in 1977 and still runs it with his son David. Thanks for making my wallet a lot lighter Al

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I'd like to spend much more time looking through them than at them though - so here's hoping for some clear Autumn skies :sunny:

John

[GazOC]

Bah, jealous? Moi?

[John]

Bah, jealous? Moi? :D

But look at the lovely scopes you have ......

I've only room for 2 little un's (so my other half tells me ..... )

John

[SteelRat]

Bah, jealous? Moi? :D

Me neither - much

That's some decent observing gear John 8)

[centroid]

That's one very respectable set of eyepieces John. That sort of quality certainly doesn't come cheap.

I know the quality, as I have the x5 Powermate, which I bought to replace my AE x4 Imagemate. No contest!!

Nice to see the humble but excellent Celestron Ultima Barlow in there too. Also one of my treasured possessions.

Dave

[John]

Nice to see the humble but excellent Celestron Ultima Barlow in there too. Also one of my treasured possessions.

Dave

Thanks Dave - the Ultima is a wonderfull little barlow

John

[SteelRat]

...the Ultima is a wonderfull little barlow

Pretty much the only item on my astro shopping 'list'...

[GazOC]

Theres a Orion Shorty Plus (same barlow) on ABS for £25 Matt.

[SteelRat]

Cheers mate 8) ......

[FLO]

I used to own a number of TeleVue eyepieces, very nice they were too

[PaulG]

Very nice John, in fact they are very very very nice John

The Celestron barlow must be good to find a place in Uncle Al's case 8) .

Paul

[Andrew*]

So you changed your mind about the 20T5...? Shame.

You have a set to be proud of, John - they look beautiful.

Andrew

[John]

So you changed your mind about the 20T5...? Shame.

No, not entirely Andrew - I'm just trying a 16mm T5 Nagler for now as I'm rather attached to the 24mm Panoptic at the moment. I'll see how it goes. The 20mm T5 is still an option or even a 22mm T4 although the instajust feature is a love it or hate it affair I believe.

The 16mm T5 feels very different to the T6's - 1 less element, a little less eye relief but oddly, more of a "spacewalk" feel. It's a tiny eyepiece as well, physically the smallest Nagler in the current range I think.

I powermated it on the Moon last night and really felt like I was in lunar orbit - I almost got vertigo !.

John

[MartinB]

So where's the Ethos

[rigel1]

I'd like to spend any time looking through them.

Beautiful collection John.

Rigel1

[Doc]

I tried to find a drooling smilie but couldn't.

Great set I love it but alas can't afford it.

[John]

So where's the Ethos

I'm waiting for the 20mm Ethos Martin 8)

John

[James]

Nice collection John - I see we share a liking for the 24mm Pan . I also have the 16mm Nagler T5 but, nice eyepiece that it is, I've never been comfortable with it, perhaps I just need a little more eye relief.

The 31mm Nagler is HUGE!

Have you tried any of the Pentax XW's?

James

[MartinB]

So where's the Ethos

I'm waiting for the 20mm Ethos Martin 8)

John

Oooh you monkey you!!!

[John]

Nice collection John - I see we share a liking for the 24mm Pan . I also have the 16mm Nagler T5 but, nice eyepiece that it is, I've never been comfortable with it, perhaps I just need a little more eye relief.

The 31mm Nagler is HUGE!

Have you tried any of the Pentax XW's?

James

Thanks James - the 16mm T5 is a little tighter on ER than the T6's are but somehow I found last night that the "spacewalk" feeling was a little stronger for me with the T5 - odd that

Pentax are one significant omission from my eyepiece experience so far but I'd certainly like to try some though - the reviews are universally great.

If I move back to driven scopes I could see myself wanting an alternative selection of tools - a mixture of Pentax orthos' and XW's perhaps ? - the ulta-widefields are really helpfull for my current undriven alt-az mounted scopes though.

John