Astronomy rookie from Cheshire!

[Space Cowboy]

Hello Amanda! Goodness me i'm overwelmed, my lenses are steaming up!

Gorgeous clear sky here tonight getting ready to try out my new scope for only its second outing! I expect its the same in South Wales too Off to Pembrokeshire on my Hols in just over a week:D

[Catanonia]

Hey Catanonia i'm just down the road at Congleton! Looks like you've hit the ground running!

yeah tend to dive into new hobbies

Hopefully skies will be just as good tonight.

Where do you view from. Congleton has some great places close by to get up high

I only ventured into the garden so far due to the size of the kit I have.

[Space Cowboy]

You could invest in a 32mm Plossl eyepiece. In 1.25" format, this gives the maximum field of view with your default scope and diagonal combination: 50x ~One degree (two lunar diameters) TRUE field of view on the sky.

Aside: Any (rather rare) 40mm 1.25" eyepiece would of necessity have a smaller apparent field of view. A smaller magnification, but with narrower field, equals SAME patch of sky! But this gets a bit technical... But Yeah - A NICE 32mm Plossl would be a fair enough choice.

Thanks for the advice but all i can find are 32mm plossls with 52 degree views the same as the 40mm? Are you talking about something more expensive or am i just being dim?

[Space Cowboy]

yeah tend to dive into new hobbies

Hopefully skies will be just as good tonight.

Where do you view from. Congleton has some great places close by to get up high

I only ventured into the garden so far due to the size of the kit I have.

Only viewed from the garden so far..getting myself familiarised with my tackle before venturing further afield! Bosley Cloud and Mow Cop will be good places to try. Thats what i had in mind when i chose a compact Mak scope rather than a reflector. I guess the best scope is the one you use the most....thats what i was telling myself last night when i was looking through a dew pond! Gotta make myself a dew shield Blue Peter style:icon_salut: Early night for me i'm knackered lol

[ron.s.g]

Hi stuart and welcome,

enjoy the views.

regards ron.s.g

[Taff]

Hi warm welcome to the forum.Mark

[Col B]

You could invest in a 32mm Plossl eyepiece. In 1.25" format, this gives the maximum field of view with your default scope and diagonal combination: 50x ~One degree (two lunar diameters) TRUE field of view on the sky.

Aside: Any (rather rare) 40mm 1.25" eyepiece would of necessity have a smaller apparent field of view. A smaller magnification, but with narrower field, equals SAME patch of sky! But this gets a bit technical... But Yeah - A NICE 32mm Plossl would be a fair enough choice.

I'm in the same boat as SJGOLD1 - newbie with a Skymax127 and wondering about getting a bigger field of view. I've found a 40mm 52degree apparent field of view eyepiece here:... Skywatcher.

A 40mm eyepiece with this scope would give x37.5 magnification, and the real field of view would be 52 / 37.5 = 1.39 degrees.

Is this right or am I missing something? It would be nice to have such a 'big' view. Should I get a 40mm eyepiece?

[trudie]

Sorry it late

Welcome from me too.