10mm Eyepiece search

[dweller25]

I am looking for a very sharp 10mm eyepiece for planetary viewing.

I wish I could get an Orthoscopic but the only one available seems to be the rather expensive Zeiss Abbe's.

So can anyone recommend a tack sharp 10mm plossl - around the £100 mark.

Thanks in advance.

[acey]

I use a TeleVue 8mm Plossl for high power work, and I also have the 11mm which is equally good. Any reason why you have to have 10mm?

Andrew

[dweller25]

Hello Andrew,

A 10mm eyepiece will give me x180 when barlowed in my scope with semi decent eye relief and x38/inch of aperture - about perfect.

The TV 11mm plossl is very close but a lttle too low in power at x163.

[John]

How about an Orion Ultrascopic / Parks Gold Series (clones of each other) ? - I've found those pretty good - on a par with Tele Vue Plossls. SCS Astro do the Ultrascopics I think.

You might be able to get a 10mm Tele Vue Radian 2nd hand for your max budget - nice eye relief with those as well as a 60 degree FoV.

Again you might find a used Takahashi 10mm LE - those are pretty sharp I believe.

John

[Andrew*]

If you can find one, a 10.5mm smoothside TV plossl is excellent. I had one and loved it, but stupidly sold it....

Andrew

[russ]

The obvious choice is the 11mm TV but as you said it doesn't quite fit in.

So i give another vote to the Orion Ultrascopic or Parks Gold. Easily the match of the TV Plossl. And fits in the budget nicely.

[Adam Hinds2]

Baader 9mm Genuine Orthoscopic?

[blinky]

I happen to have one of the Plossl EP's that Andrew mentioned. I will PM you!

[A McEwan]

If you can find one, a 10.5mm smoothside TV plossl is excellent. I had one and loved it, but stupidly sold it....

Andrew

Yes. Quite. As did I, I might say...

I'd heartily recommend this. Also, a Pentax 10.5mm XL Would serve excellently, though might be a bit over budget, even 2nd hand at £140-ish.