Beginners Eyepiece Selection Tutorial

[philsail1]

Just found this little primer on how to select a suitable eyepiece for a particular telescope and viewing expereince. It doesn't deal with individual makes of eyepiece, but rather explains how different "types" of eyepieces behave with scopes of differing diameters and focal lengths:-

http://www.actonastro.com/eyepieces.htm

I thought it might be useful to someone starting out - I found the information very informative and easy to understand.

Regards.

philsail1

[thing]

Good site Phil, this one is also useful http://www.wilmslowastro.com/software/formulae.htm#PE.

[philsail1]

Wow! that's a sophisticated looking site! (Wilmslow you see - very posh!).

Seriously though, it does have a great range of calculations, and could be a natural progression from the the kind of site I put on here, to the "Wilmslow" site.

I've "bookmarked" it for later use.

A good find Dave!

Regards,

philsail1

[mik]

Two great links thanks.

Mick

[AstroTiger]

copied and pasted it into word, printed it off, what an ace, all u need to know course on eyepieces.

A must read i would say

thanks for posting

[mcrossley]

Wilmslow you see - very posh!

Oi! Who are you calling posh!

Mark

[Andrew*]

This one's also okay...

Andrew

[SteelRat]