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20 minutes ago, Dantooine said:

Well at last I’ve got a couple of Morpheus. I’ve been wanting to try these for a long time. First impressions.. they feel gooood   

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I also have a couple. They are mighty fine.

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Today the postie delivered my new to me Celestron Axiom LX 23mm eyepiece. Having just bought the 31mm recently and being delighted with it, I also decided to go for the 23mm from the same seller..I've wanted another Vixen LVW22mm for a while, but they've become as rare as hen's teeth..if the Axiom 23mm is as good as the 31mm (and reviews suggest they are), I should have similar LVW22mm performance, but with an 82 degree fov.

These Axiom LX's are BIG, heavy 2" eyepieces: but they are very well made, with machine engraved script into the aluminium cases, and a wonderfully smooth helical eyecup adjustment so you can get very comfortable.. the photo of the pair of Axioms show the 23mm on the left with eyecup extended upwards, and the right shows the 31mm with the eyecup only slightly upwards.

These two join my 2 Morpheus' 9 and 17.5mm, and a lovely Nagler 12mm to complete my main ep set - all with 2" capability and UWA fov between 76 degrees and 82degrees🙂.

Could this be my permanent, keeper set?😱😂 (Where have I heard that before??!)..

Dave

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5 minutes ago, Dantooine said:

I think I could easily go for the whole set. Very light for their size. 

I think you will. They rarely seem to come up for sale second hand so i assume when purchased they are all keepers.

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43 minutes ago, Dean Hale said:

I think you will. They rarely seem to come up for sale second hand so i assume when purchased they are all keepers.

Well I thought I would start with the 14mm as I have read this is the weakest link in the range.

It may seem like daft logic but really it’s not. If I find it acceptable then the rest will be fine. 

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48 minutes ago, F15Rules said:

Today the postie delivered my new to me Celestron Axiom LX 23mm eyepiece. Having just bought the 31mm recently and being delighted with it, I also decided to go for the 23mm from the same seller..I've wanted another Vixen LVW22mm for a while, but they've become as rare as hen's teeth..if the Axiom 23mm is as good as the 31mm (and reviews suggest they are), I should have similar LVW22mm performance, but with an 82 degree fov.

These Axiom LX's are BIG, heavy 2" eyepieces: but they are very well made, with machine engraved script into the aluminium cases, and a wonderfully smooth helical eyecup adjustment so you can get very comfortable.

These two join my 2 Morpheus' and a lovely Nagler 12mm to complete my main ep set - all with 2" capability and UWA docs between 76 degrees and 82degrees🙂.

Could this be my permanent, keeper set?😱😂 (Where have I heard that before??!)..

Dave

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The one on the right looks massive 🤣

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20 minutes ago, Dantooine said:

Well I thought I would start with the 14mm as I have read this is the weakest link in the range.

It may seem like daft logic but really it’s not. If I find it acceptable then the rest will be fine. 

@Dantooine That’s how I started with the so called weakest link, then followed the 9 & 6.5 mm. On the look out for a 17.5mm that will complete my set ( for now at least 🤔). Will be interested to see your thoughts on them as you have tested green & black! 

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2 hours ago, F15Rules said:

Today the postie delivered my new to me Celestron Axiom LX 23mm eyepiece. Having just bought the 31mm recently and being delighted with it, I also decided to go for the 23mm from the same seller..I've wanted another Vixen LVW22mm for a while, but they've become as rare as hen's teeth..if the Axiom 23mm is as good as the 31mm (and reviews suggest they are), I should have similar LVW22mm performance, but with an 82 degree fov.

These Axiom LX's are BIG, heavy 2" eyepieces: but they are very well made, with machine engraved script into the aluminium cases, and a wonderfully smooth helical eyecup adjustment so you can get very comfortable.. the photo of the pair of Axioms show the 23mm on the left with eyecup extended upwards, and the right shows the 31mm with the eyecup only slightly upwards.

These two join my 2 Morpheus' 9 and 17.5mm, and a lovely Nagler 12mm to complete my main ep set - all with 2" capability and UWA fov between 76 degrees and 82degrees🙂.

Could this be my permanent, keeper set?😱😂 (Where have I heard that before??!)..

Dave

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Very nice collection Dave and the Axioms look full of quality, quite appealing !

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1 hour ago, Dantooine said:

The one on the right looks massive 🤣

Well, put it this way...

Nagler 31mm 82 deg, 35oz/997g

Axiom LX 31mm 82 deg, 45.85oz, 1300g

🥴🤕😱☺️😁😂🤣

You need a robust focuser for this eyepiece! Fortunately, my FS128 has one, and it handles it pointing up, no problem..(this is where a good R&P focuser beats most Crayfords IMHO).

But honestly, the views make the weight worth it..

Dave

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1 hour ago, Sky-searcher said:

@Dantooine That’s how I started with the so called weakest link, then followed the 9 & 6.5 mm. On the look out for a 17.5mm that will complete my set ( for now at least 🤔). Will be interested to see your thoughts on them as you have tested green & black! 

My first Morpheus was a 14mm and I loved it..only sold it (and almost everything else "astro" I owned) to fund my FS128 4 years ago.. I then waited several years for the 17.5mm to be launched and also got a 9mm which I sold but recently replaced. I think they are all excellent, and because they Barlow so well, I'm not in a hurry to go shorter than the 9mm..my Baader zoom Barlow at 2.25x gives me 260x in the Tak, ample for most nights👍. And having got the older but excellent Nagler T2 12mm, I don't see much point in going after the 12.5 or 14mm, great though they both are🙂.

Dave

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5 hours ago, Dantooine said:

Well I thought I would start with the 14mm as I have read this is the weakest link in the range.

It may seem like daft logic but really it’s not. If I find it acceptable then the rest will be fine. 

It’s good logic... admittedly the Morpheus 14 did show quite a lot of field curvature in my StellaMira 80 f/10, about the same as the XW 14, whereas the Delos 14 shows none. 

Now the Morpheus 17.5 is superb, really lightweight and is excellent in all my scopes, particularly my Mak.

You really can’t go wrong with Morpheus 👍

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On 01/05/2021 at 14:47, F15Rules said:

Postie arrived at lunchtime and dropped off this lovely 9mm Morpheus..thanks to Steve (@saganite)😉.

This will go nicely with my 17.5mm Morph and 12mm Nagler T2. These will all work really well with my Baader 2.5x barlow to give me a mag range on the Tak between 33x up to 260x, plenty for most nights. I might add later one more high power ep such as a 6.5mm Morpheus or a Vixen HR 3.4mm for special nights😉.

I also have a Celestron Axiom 23mm en route to join my 31mm "beast", to give me a set of 76 deg -82 deg eps👍.

I'll post a picture of the full set when the 23mm arrives..

Dave

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Look forward to hearing your thoughts on the 9mm in the morph EP thread Dave 👍

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20 hours ago, F15Rules said:

Today the postie delivered my new to me Celestron Axiom LX 23mm eyepiece. Having just bought the 31mm recently and being delighted with it, I also decided to go for the 23mm from the same seller..I've wanted another Vixen LVW22mm for a while, but they've become as rare as hen's teeth..if the Axiom 23mm is as good as the 31mm (and reviews suggest they are), I should have similar LVW22mm performance, but with an 82 degree fov.

These Axiom LX's are BIG, heavy 2" eyepieces: but they are very well made, with machine engraved script into the aluminium cases, and a wonderfully smooth helical eyecup adjustment so you can get very comfortable.. the photo of the pair of Axioms show the 23mm on the left with eyecup extended upwards, and the right shows the 31mm with the eyecup only slightly upwards.

These two join my 2 Morpheus' 9 and 17.5mm, and a lovely Nagler 12mm to complete my main ep set - all with 2" capability and UWA fov between 76 degrees and 82degrees🙂.

Could this be my permanent, keeper set?😱😂 (Where have I heard that before??!)..

Dave

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Nice!. I bought the 10mm Celestron Luminos a few weeks back... really like it. Now thinking about the 31mm to join my SWA/UWA group

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On 13/04/2021 at 19:33, HollyHound said:

Not from the postman, but my dad was sorting through some old boxes and found this book of his, which I remember reading avidly as a kid (when I last had a small telescope). He’s now given it to me, to add to my collection of astronomy books.

The Observers Book of Astronomy by (Sir) Patrick Moore, from 1962 😃

Unfortunately my sister seems to have scribbled on the front and back page, but it’s pencil and adds to the charm 🤣

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I have exactly the same little book from my childhood.

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This little beauty of an upgrade for my az gti mount arrived today from Auntie @FLO. Now my scopes will be well secure and no more marking my dovetails to pieces. Now just to regrease the worm and cogs inside with some white lithium grease and maybe fit a plastic washer to RA axis to stop some minimal binding and she'll be perfect. I can even fit my big losmandy plate on it should I want to. 😍

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MDA Telescope Drive Master complete with CGEM/CGEM-DX adapter and even an unopened 9-pin F-F cable.

1st class condition; appears unused !

Thank you @alcyone for the sale and the communications.

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