6mm eyepiece

[AusS2000]

When I purchased my Celestron Evolution 6 I purchased the CELESTRON Optics Accessories AstroMaster Telescope Accessory Kit with it. Comes with a 6mm Plossl eyepiece.

I find the 6mm very hard to use. I find it very hard to hold my eye in the correct place over the very small lens (6mm duh!) and my forehead often hits the OTA. And I just can't get a camera to work with it at all. Using a projection tube and Canon EOS doesn't seem to work and an iPhone mount over it never seems to be angled right.

Are these just the standard peculiarites of using such a small lens? Or are there better options available?

Edited June 3, 2020 by AusS2000

[AusS2000]

Ehh, I think I found my answer. Pay peanuts, get monkeys.

https://www.chuckhawks.com/choosing_celestron_oculars.htm

[happy-kat]

If you find you are having to 'waggle' head then keep an eye on what the exit pupil size is. I personally find 1mm quite hard and prefer to stick nearer to 2mm or above.

[happy-kat]

Your exit pupil with a 6mm eyepiece is .6mm with that telescope I think

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

It is not just the small exit pupil, it is the short eye relief. I use a 6mm Delos on my C8 when the seeing is really good, and that has a generous 20 mm eye relief, which makes finding the right spot much easier.

[Alan White]

I think it is a mixture of inexperience and the tight eye relief,

when I started I had similar eyepieces and struggled, bought differing designs and was ok until I found I was observing more than just looking..... then I learned to use short eye relief eyepieces and enjoy them very much indeed.

Its a journey, no simple single one but an ongoing one, learning every time.

 

[bomberbaz]

I don't get one with plossl's either.

Are you wearing glasses to view? It's near impossible to do so with a 6mm plossl and make it an enjoyable experience.

Anyway, as mentioned about the lack of eye relief in them does nothing to help either with or without.

A good option at not budget breaking is an eyepiece with decent eye relief, these X-Cel are worth considering.  I have used these in a C8 before and found the views both easy to achieve and very good.

Steve

[bingevader]

I have an 8mm plossl and that's plenty low enough for me!

If you want a replacement for the 6mm that is a reasonable price, then I can highly recommend the WO SPL 6mm.

[AusS2000]

I have ordered a Orion 8885 5mm Edge On Planetary Eyepiece. Has 20mm eye relief.

Edited June 4, 2020 by AusS2000