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Getting out the old 0.965" eyepieces


Dave1

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Well as my interest has been sparked by old eyepiece design I have been doing a lot of digging and research. 

Some folks may find this useful as an eyepiece tool, it clearly states the name, year, and F ratio the eyepieces were designed to work at, although not always strictly, like ball eyepieces can work down to F10 fine.

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When thinking of making my own ball eyepiece, and also making my own Dollond eyepiece. I remembered I had some Japanese eyepieces that came with my Towa in 0.965" variety. One is a symmetrical Ramsden eyepieces in 4mm, 6mm and 9mm Huygens, one is what I take to be a Kellner in 22mm ( has the designation of Ke22mm ) .

I also have what I think is two microscope eyepieces which are the same, which I'm not even sure who made it? It has 6X on it. The focal length of a microscope is 250mm. So 250/6= 41.66. So it would be equivalent to 41.66mm focal length eyepiece. 

Needless to say I have ordered a 1.25" to 0.965" Baader adapter. So I can try these old eyepieces out in all my telescopes. The glass in all eyepieces look spot on, no scratches whatsoever, and I had cleaned them years ago.

Below is a photo of the eyepiece, if anyone can help me identify it? I'd be most grateful.

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